What is the diffrence between a dwarf and a midget.?

Question

What is the diffrence between a dwarf and a midget.?

Answer 1

A dwarf is someone who suffers from dwarfism, a condition causing deformity and stunted growth. A midget is just a person of very small stature but normal in every other way.

Answer 2

While both are small in stature, the midget's body is still in normal human proportion while a dwarf's body is not. For example a long trunk and short logs.

Answer 3

dwarf's more politically correct than midget

Answer 4

no difference it is language and what is politically correct, that's all.

Answer 5

A dwarf is a creature from Germanic mythologies, fairy tales, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games. It usually has magical talents, often involving metallurgy.

Midget is a term used to describe an exceptionally small person. The terms "midget" and "dwarf" are often used synonymously, as both terms mean someone who has been short in stature since birth, but those terms were not originally synonyms.

Answer 6

Generally, "midget" refers to a person who is very short, but normally proportioned.  "Dwarf" refers to a person with one of several varieties of a specific genetic condition  called dwarfism - usually they have very short arms and legs and unusually large heads. (no offence)

Answer 7

It has to do with proportionality of their bodies, aside fromt heir small stature