Little vs. Tiny

Small in size.

Example: ‘This is a little table.’;

Insignificant, trivial.

Example: ‘It's of little importance.’;

(offensive) Used to belittle a person.

Example: ‘Listen up, you little shit.’;

Very young.

Example: ‘Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?’; ‘That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.’;

(of a sibling) Younger.

Example: ‘This is my little sister.’;

Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.

Small in amount or number, having few members.

Example: ‘little money;’; ‘little herd’;

Short in duration; brief.

Example: ‘I feel better after my little sleep.’;

Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

Not much.

Example: ‘This is a little known fact.’; ‘She spoke little and listened less.’;

Not at all.

Example: ‘I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.’;

Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).

Example: ‘There is little water left.’; ‘We had very little to do.’;

Not much; not a large amount.

Example: ‘Little is known about his early life.’;

The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; - opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.

Example: ‘He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.’;

Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.

Example: ‘Best him enough: after a little time,I'll beat him too.’;

Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.

Example: ‘Conceited of their little wisdoms, and doting upon their own fancies.’;

Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.

Example: ‘When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes?’;

Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.

Example: ‘By sad experiment I knowHow little weight my words with thee can find.’;

Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

Example: ‘The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise,Because their natures are little.’; ‘The men, and the women, and the little ones.’;

That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.

Example: ‘Much was in little writ.’; ‘There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but little of my ignorance.’;

A small degree or scale; miniature.

Example: ‘A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. " Stay a little."’; ‘The painter flattered her a little.’;

In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; - often with a preceding it.

a small amount or duration;

Example: ‘he accepted the little they gave him’;

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

Example: ‘a little dining room’; ‘a little house’; ‘a small car’; ‘a little (or small) group’; ‘a small voice’;

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some;

Example: ‘little rain fell in May’; ‘gave it little thought’; ‘little hope remained’; ‘little time is left’; ‘we still have little money’; ‘a little hope remained’; ‘a little time is left’;

of short duration or distance;

Example: ‘a brief stay in the country’; ‘in a little while’; ‘it's a little way away’;

not fully grown;

Example: ‘what a big little boy you are’; ‘small children’;

(informal terms) small and of little importance;

Example: ‘a fiddling sum of money’; ‘a footling gesture’; ‘our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war’; ‘a little (or small) matter’; ‘Mickey Mouse regulations’; ‘a dispute over niggling details’; ‘limited to petty enterprises’; ‘piffling efforts’; ‘giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction’;

(of a voice) faint;

Example: ‘a little voice’; ‘a still small voice’;

younger brother or sister;

Example: ‘little brother’;

lowercase;

Example: ‘little a’; ‘small a’; ‘e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters’;

small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context);

Example: ‘a nice little job’; ‘bless your little heart’; ‘my dear little mother’; ‘a sweet little deal’; ‘I'm tired of your petty little schemes’; ‘filthy little tricks’; ‘what a nasty little situation’;

not much;

Example: ‘he talked little about his family’;

small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude)

Example: ‘a little puppy dog’; ‘a boring little man’; ‘the plants will grow into little bushes’;

(of a person) young or younger

Example: ‘my little brother’; ‘when she was little she was always getting into scrapes’;

denoting something, especially a place, that is the smaller or smallest of those so named or is named after a similar larger one

Example: ‘the village of Little Chesterton’;

used in names of animals and plants that are smaller than related kinds, e.g. little grebe.

of short distance or duration

Example: ‘we climbed up a little way’; ‘stay for a little while’;

relatively unimportant or trivial (often used ironically)

Example: ‘I can't remember every little detail’; ‘we have a little problem’;

a small amount of

Example: ‘you only see a little of what he can do’; ‘we got a little help from a training scheme’;

a short time or distance

Example: ‘after a little, the rain stopped’;

used to emphasize how small an amount is

Example: ‘the rouble is worth so little these days’; ‘he ate and drank very little’; ‘there was very little time to be lost’; ‘I have little doubt of their identity’;

a small amount of

Example: ‘we got a little help from a training scheme’; ‘you only see a little of what he can do’;

used to emphasize how small an amount is

Example: ‘I have little doubt of their identity’; ‘he ate and drank very little’; ‘the rouble is worth so little these days’; ‘there was very little time to be lost’;

a short time or distance

Example: ‘after a little, the rain stopped’;

to a small extent

Example: ‘I was always a little afraid of her’; ‘he reminded me a little of my parents’;

only to a small extent; not much or often (used for emphasis)

Example: ‘he was little known in this country’; ‘he had slept little these past weeks’;

hardly or not at all

Example: ‘little did he know what wheels he was putting into motion’;

Very small.

A small child; an infant.

Anything very small.

Very small; little; puny.

Example: ‘When that I was and a little tiny boy.’;

very small;

Example: ‘diminutive in stature’; ‘a lilliputian chest of drawers’; ‘her petite figure’; ‘tiny feet’; ‘the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy’;

very small

Example: ‘a tiny hummingbird’;

a very young child

Example: ‘books that will make tinies and parents laugh out loud’;