slight/sleight

slight   (slīt)

Adjective., ^{_{slight·er, slight·est.}}

• Small in size, degree, or amount: a slight tilt; a slight surplus.
• Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail: a slight foundation; slight evidence.
• Of small importance or consideration; trifling: slight matters.
• Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.

Verb. Transitive.,  ^{_{slight·ed, slight·ing, slights.}}

• To treat as of small importance; make light of.
• To treat with discourteous reserve or inattention.
• To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant.

Noun.

• The act or an instance of slighting.

sleight   (slīt)

Noun.

• Deftness; dexterity.
• A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.