The difference between Cheap and Flimsy
When used as nouns, cheap means trade, whereas flimsy means thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
When used as adjectives, cheap means low and/or reduced in price, whereas flimsy means likely to bend or break under pressure.
Cheap is also adverb with the meaning: cheaply.
Cheap is also verb with the meaning: to trade.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cheap and Flimsy
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Cheap as a noun (obsolete):
Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
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Cheap as a noun (obsolete):
A market; marketplace.
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Cheap as a noun:
Price.
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Cheap as a noun (obsolete):
A low price; a bargain.
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Cheap as a noun:
Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
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Cheap as an adjective:
Low and/or reduced in price.
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Cheap as an adjective:
Of poor quality.
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Cheap as an adjective:
Of little worth.
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Cheap as an adjective (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill):
Underhand or unfair.
Examples:
"the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks"
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Cheap as an adjective (informal, chiefly, derogatory):
Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
Examples:
"Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire."
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Cheap as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
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Cheap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
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Cheap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To buy; purchase.
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Cheap as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To sell.
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Cheap as an adverb:
Cheaply.
Examples:
"rfquotek Milton"
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Flimsy as an adjective:
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
Examples:
"He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment."
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Flimsy as an adjective (figurative):
Weak; ill-founded.
Examples:
"a flimsy excuse"
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Flimsy as a noun:
Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
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Flimsy as a noun (informal, in the plural):
Skimpy underwear.
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Flimsy as a noun (slang):
A banknote.