scant vs thorough

scant

noun
  • A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level. 

  • A sheet of stone. 

  • Scarcity; lack. 

  • A small piece or quantity. 

  • A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size. 

det
  • Very little, very few. 

verb
  • To fail, or become less; to scantle. 

  • To limit in amount or share; to stint. 

adj
  • Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. 

  • Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 

thorough

noun
  • A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water. 

adj
  • Utter; complete; absolute. 

  • Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail. 

How often have the words scant and thorough occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )