lean vs slight

lean

adj
  • Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. 

  • Having little fat. 

  • Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient. 

  • Slim; not fleshy. 

  • Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing". 

verb
  • To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. 

  • To hang outwards. 

  • To conceal. 

  • Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. 

  • To press against. 

  • To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen. 

  • To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. 

noun
  • An inclination away from the vertical. 

  • An organism that is lean in stature. 

  • Meat with no fat on it. 

  • A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States. 

slight

adj
  • trifling; unimportant; insignificant 

  • still; with little or no movement on the surface 

  • Even, smooth or level 

  • not far away in space or time 

  • of slender build 

  • gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful 

  • not thorough; superficial 

verb
  • To act negligently or carelessly. 

  • To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully. 

  • To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of. 

  • To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition. 

  • To give lesser weight or importance to. 

  • To throw heedlessly. 

noun
  • The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy. 

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