The difference between Insult and Slight

When used as nouns, insult means an action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude, whereas slight means the act of slighting.

When used as verbs, insult means to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody), whereas slight means to treat as slight or not worthy of attention.

Slight is also adjective with the meaning: small in amount, gentle, or weak.

check bellow for the other definitions of Insult and Slight

  1. Insult as a verb (transitive):

    To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).

    Examples:

    "RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It act=III scene=v page=199 column=2 passage=And why I pray you? who might be your mother / That you inſult, exult, and all at once / Ouer the wretched?"

  2. Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over or against someone).

  3. Insult as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

  1. Insult as a noun:

    An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.

  2. Insult as a noun:

    Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.

    Examples:

    "The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears."

  3. Insult as a noun (medicine):

    Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.

  4. Insult as a noun (obsolete):

    The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  1. Slight as an adjective:

    Small in amount, gentle, or weak; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.

    Examples:

    "a slight (i.e. feeble) effort; a slight (i.e. not deep) impression; a slight (i.e. not convincing) argument; a slight (i.e. not thorough) examination; a slight (i.e. not severe) pain; in the slight future (i.e. the very [[near]] future)"

  2. Slight as an adjective:

    Not stout or heavy; slender.

    Examples:

    "a slight but graceful woman"

  3. Slight as an adjective (regional):

    Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).

    Examples:

    "A slight stone"

    "The sea was slight and calm"

  4. Slight as an adjective (obsolete):

    Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Hudibras"

  5. Slight as an adjective (regional, obsolete):

    Bad, of poor quality (as goods).

    Examples:

    "A gullible chapman was fooled into buying really slight goods."

  6. Slight as an adjective (dated):

    Slighting; treating with disdain.

  1. Slight as a verb (transitive):

    To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

  2. Slight as a verb (transitive):

    To give lesser weight or importance to.

  3. Slight as a verb (transitive):

    To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.

  4. Slight as a verb (intransitive):

    To act negligently or carelessly.

  5. Slight as a verb (transitive, military, of a fortification):

    To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Clarendon"

  6. Slight as a verb (transitive):

    To make even or level.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Hexham"

  7. Slight as a verb (transitive):

    To throw heedlessly.

  1. Slight as a noun:

    The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

  2. Slight as a noun (obsolete):

    Sleight.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edmund Spenser"

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