chronic vs few

chronic

noun
  • A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term. 

  • Marijuana, typically of high quality. 

  • A person who is chronic, such as a criminal reoffender or a person with chronic disease. 

adj
  • Good, great; "wicked". 

  • Inveterate or habitual. 

  • Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. 

  • Very bad, awful. 

  • Prolonged or slow to heal. 

  • Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal. 

  • Extremely serious. 

few

pron
  • Few people, few things. 

det
  • Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky. 

  • There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street. 

  • An indefinite, but usually small, number of. 

  • Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. 

  • (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated. 

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