brush off vs slight
slight vs brush offbrush off is not a noun while slight is a noun.
brush off is not an adjective while slight is an adjective.
brush off and slight both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| brush off | No | No | Yes | No |
| slight | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As verbs,
slight is a hyponym of
brush off; that is, slight is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
brush off:
- brush off: bar from attention or consideration
- slight: pay no attention to, disrespect
Other hyponyms of brush off include
cold-shoulder, discredit, shrug off, pass off, flout, scoff, turn a blind eye, laugh away, laugh off, disoblige.
| brush off (noun) | slight (noun) |
|---|---|
| a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) |
| brush off (adjective) | slight (adjective) |
|---|---|
| (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some | |
| lacking substance or significance | |
| being of delicate or slender build |
| brush off (verb) | slight (verb) |
|---|---|
| bar from attention or consideration | pay no attention to, disrespect |
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