What's the difference between puniness and wimpiness?

Puniness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She puts much of the ongoing disaster down to what she calls "a severe case of management capture", the puny powers possessed by the Co-op's members to hold anyone at the top to account, and its hopelessly complicated structure.
  • (2) He was so puny, not like the macho pictures you see of him riding a horse bareback, or fishing barechested," she said.
  • (3) When they first encounter their "admirer and pupil Zola" he strikes them as a "worn-out Normalien, at once sturdy and puny" but with "a vibrant note of pungent determination and furious energy".
  • (4) Then again, this is the Labour party we are talking about, and the policies supposed to lead us there are, so far, distinctly puny.
  • (5) As for forcing people to move, the new tax would be puny compared with the rates.
  • (6) Ministers keep boasting of the puny £100m transitional fund, supposed to tide charities over, but to what?
  • (7) (I say they, not we, because the Guardian is always a puny counterweight to these massed ranks on the right).
  • (8) Roosevelt's programme to rebuild war-torn Europe cost around 5% of US GDP – the lofty comparison only underlines the puniness of the euro version and elicits a snort of derision from newsrooms and trading floors across Europe.
  • (9) Abbott said the declaration of a caliphate showed that “Islamic State wants to emulate Mohammed whose early campaigns would have looked just as puny to the great powers of his day”.
  • (10) Those powers are puny compared to the ones they have willingly given away.
  • (11) When the American Film Institute bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award upon Lean in 1990 (he made the trip to LA despite failing health), Spielberg paid tribute from the stage, saying of Lawrence...: 'It made me feel puny.
  • (12) Such abilities could transform our puny electronic equipment into a new generation of micro-scale devices.
  • (13) In ways that are measurable on a daily basis the post of mayor, directly accountable to the electorate, has improved the quality of life for Londoners, even if in its early phase it had puny powers and deserves more now.
  • (14) Donald Trump barely capable of squeezing wealth on to puny official form On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump announced that he had filed a personal financial disclosure with the Federal Election Commission, the last step needed to secure his presence on stage in the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland on 6 August.
  • (15) Completely untroubled by United's puny attacking efforts after the opening 15 minutes, ­Barcelona kept swarming forward.
  • (16) But in 1908 their fortunes were on the up: Sydney had just got Charlie his break with the famous Fred Karno company and despite the impressario’s doubts about the “pale, puny, sullen-looking youngster”, he was an instant hit with audiences.
  • (17) So, too, have regional broadcasters whose vast workforces can dwarf their puny audience shares.
  • (18) The team's puny total of 15 Premier League goals should alarm City [West Brom and Blackpool have both scored more] and in the long term there must be an increased verve if they are to grasp some silverware.
  • (19) They have resorted to denial and to aligning themselves with the puny flag-waving of the Europhobes, who were out in force in this week's rebellion against David Cameron , hardly an arch federast.
  • (20) It had lost most of its territory in France and, in comparison to bold and dynamic Spain, was decidedly puny.

Wimpiness


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The next morning, while a luxurious breakfast is put on in the five-star Spanish hotel, he tweets that he's gone to a Wimpy in Bermondsey.
  • (2) For secondary schools, the most read title was Kinney’s ninth Wimpy Kid book, while Zoella’s book Girl Online was the most popular.
  • (3) After one particularly mortifying Saturday afternoon when she saw me in the Wimpy with – the horror of it all!
  • (4) I had been used only to the horrible boot-heels and unrefrigerated fizzy drinks available from Wimpy back in Blighty.
  • (5) The "Booktrust Best Book awards with Amazon Kindle", which are voted for by 120,000 schoolchildren from around the UK, were presented earlier this month, with winners including Lucy Cousins – author of the bestselling Maisy books – Jeff Kinney, creator of the Wimpy Kid, and John Green, for the smash-hit teen novel The Fault in our Stars.
  • (6) The cliched view of the Smiths – assisted by Morrissey's own self-mockery and, later, mannerisms – was that they were miserable and wimpy.
  • (7) What they fail to see is that Diana was such a natural star – so innately strange, complex and beautiful – that trips to Alton Towers and Wimpy made her more interesting, not less.
  • (8) Girl Online , the first novel by Zoe Sugg AKA “Zoella” has pushed Jeff Kinney’s newest Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul off the top of the chart as the fastest selling book of the year.
  • (9) Last year's How to Train Your Dragon, for example, bravely centred on a wimpy geek – a feminised hero who relied on brain rather than brawn, thus winning the affections of a physically superior female.
  • (10) There are very few sanctions the receiving state can use against them, and they all sound a bit wimpy.
  • (11) The most read book at primary level was Roald Dahl’s The Twits, while the most popular was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney, the ninth in the cartoon-fiction hybrid series.
  • (12) At number five, children's author Jeff Kinney, who first published his Diary of a Wimpy Kid in digital form, puts in a strong show.
  • (13) But not all the country’s political leaders are so diligent – last year there was a scandal after it was discovered that the premier of one province used her government credit card to spend nearly £3,000 on fast food in her first 10 weeks in office at outlets such as KFC and Wimpy.
  • (14) Conventional wisdom has it that a story with predominantly male characters (from Harry Potter to Diary of a Wimpy Kid) will appeal to everyone, whereas a female equivalent will be as off-putting to most young boys as a game of kiss-chase.
  • (15) No matter, the merest sleight of hand puts them in cop outfits for a costume party, when suddenly Ryan notices the high status (to say nothing of the sexual authority and sheer pulling power) that a uniform confers on its wimpy, timorous and undeserving wearer.
  • (16) "Aw mate, that was a good Wimpy," he says on the phone a few days later.
  • (17) It's better than going in Wimpy (1) and getting a burger and chips.

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