dwarf vs surpass

dwarf

verb
  • To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. 

  • To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny. 

  • To become (much) smaller. 

  • To make appear insignificant. 

  • To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version). 

adj
  • Miniature. 

noun
  • A star of relatively small size. 

  • Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves. 

  • A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition. 

  • An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort. 

surpass

verb
  • To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense. 

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