Less
Less adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Fanservice status, Ahri merely wears a short-but-not-that-short skirt and shows some cleavage
and her alternate skins are all less revealing.
Source: Stripperiffic -
Because Long Hair Is Feminine, when a girl has short hair it tends to mean she's decidedly less feminine than the average girl, perhaps even a Tomboy or Action Girl.
Source: Boyish Short Hair - Battlefield 3 uses God's Gonna Cut You Down by Johnny Cash but only in a short trailer, and for less than a minute in the first mission.
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Short or Less. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/less/short.
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