Key
Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Usage example: maintains that Sir Isaac Newton remains the key figure in physical science
Minor
Minor adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: only a minor detail, which we can easily disregard for the moment
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Tarantino was asked if Kill Bill intentionally borrows key and minor details from it, but he has stated that he has never seen the movie.
Source: Widowed at the Wedding - Sometimes it's Ominous Latin Chanting without the Ominous part; just put it in a major key instead of a minor.
Source: Cherubic Choir - In The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, there is an unmarked quest in the dungeons of Tel Fyr where the player would get a key and go looking through the tower and coprusarium for a series of chests that each contained some minor treasure and the next key in the line.
Source: Lock and Key Puzzle
Cite this Source
Minor and Key. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/minor
Key & Minor. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/minor>.
Minor or Key. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/key/minor.
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