Child and Runt

Child

Child noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.

Runt and child are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Runt" instead a noun "Child".

Runt

Runt noun - A living thing much smaller than others of its kind.

Child and runt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Child" instead a noun "Runt".

Nearby Word: runty

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / How to Train Your Dragon As the Wodensfang tells it, "the gods" then punished Grimbeard by giving him a runt son, Hiccup II, that ended up raised by dragons and became his favorite child.
  • Manga / Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Youngest Child Wins: Riki's the runt, yet ends up being the one who had inherited Shiro's genes the most.
  • The Baby of the Bunch Occasionally can be seen as a supertrope to The Runt at the End and Youngest Child Wins as the baby tends to favored by characters, writers, and fans in real life.
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