The difference between Little and Short
When used as nouns, little means the participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role, whereas short means a short circuit.
When used as adverbs, little means not much, whereas short means abruptly, curtly, briefly.
When used as adjectives, little means small in size, whereas short means having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Little is also determiner with the meaning: not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).
Little is also pronoun with the meaning: not much.
Short is also preposition with the meaning: deficient in.
Short is also verb with the meaning: to cause a short circuit in (something).
check bellow for the other definitions of Little and Short
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Little as an adjective:
Small in size.
Examples:
"This is a little table."
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Little as an adjective (offensive):
Insignificant, trivial.
Examples:
"It's of little importance."
"Listen up, you little shit."
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Little as an adjective:
Very young.
Examples:
"Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?"
"That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen."
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Little as an adjective (of a sibling):
Younger.
Examples:
"This is my little sister."
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Little as an adjective:
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Little as an adjective:
Small in amount or number, having few members.
Examples:
"'little money; little herd"
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Little as an adjective:
Short in duration; brief.
Examples:
"I feel better after my little sleep."
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Little as an adjective:
Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
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Little as an adverb:
Not much.
Examples:
"This is a little known fact.  nowrap She spoke little and listened less."
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Little as an adverb:
Not at all.
Examples:
"I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in."
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Little as a pronoun:
Not much; not a large amount.
Examples:
"Little is known about his early life."
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Little as a noun (BDSM, slang):
The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
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Short as an adjective:
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
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Short as an adjective (of a person):
Of comparatively little height.
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Short as an adjective:
Having little duration; opposite of long.
Examples:
"Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long."
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Short as an adjective (followed by '''for'''):
Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
Examples:
"“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible"."
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Short as an adjective (cricket, of a [[fielder]] or fielding [[position]]):
that is relatively close to the batsman.
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Short as an adjective (cricket, of a ball):
that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
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Short as an adjective (golf, of an approach shot or putt):
that falls short of the green or the hole.
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Short as an adjective (of pastries and metals):
Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening.
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Short as an adjective:
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
Examples:
"He gave a short answer to the question."
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Short as an adjective:
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
Examples:
"a short supply of provisions"
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Short as an adjective:
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
Examples:
"to be short of money"
"The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift."
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Short as an adjective:
Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
Examples:
"an account which is short of the truth"
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Short as an adjective (obsolete):
Not distant in time; near at hand.
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Short as an adjective:
Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Examples:
"I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging."
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Short as an adverb:
Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
Examples:
"They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street."
"He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting."
"The boss got a message and cut the meeting short."
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Short as an adverb:
Unawares.
Examples:
"The recent developments at work caught them short."
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Short as an adverb:
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
Examples:
"His speech fell short of what was expected."
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Short as an adverb (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a [[cricket ball]]):
Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
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Short as an adverb (finance):
With a negative ownership position.
Examples:
"We went short most finance companies in July."
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Short as a noun:
A short circuit.
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Short as a noun:
A short film.
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Short as a noun:
Examples:
"38 short suits fit me right off the rack."
"Do you have that size in a short."
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Short as a noun (baseball):
A shortstop.
Examples:
"Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."
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Short as a noun (finance):
A short seller.
Examples:
"The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne."
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Short as a noun (finance):
A short sale.
Examples:
"He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months."
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Short as a noun:
A summary account.
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Short as a noun (phonetics):
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
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Short as a noun (programming):
An having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
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Short as a verb (transitive):
To cause a short circuit in (something).
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Short as a verb (intransitive):
Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
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Short as a verb (transitive):
To shortchange.
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Short as a verb (transitive):
To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
Examples:
"This is the third time I've caught them shorting us."
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Short as a verb (transitive, business):
To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
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Short as a verb (obsolete):
To shorten.
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Short as a preposition:
Deficient in.
Examples:
"We are short a few men on the second shift."
"He's short common sense."
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Short as a preposition (finance):
Having a negative position in.
Examples:
"I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend."
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