Minor and Minute

Minor

Minor adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Usage example: some minor official with an exaggerated sense of his own importance

Minute is a synonym for minor. In some cases you can use "Minute" instead an adjective "Minor".

Nearby Words: minority, Minorite

Minute

Minute adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: a person who wastes her time on the most minute aspects of everyday life

Minor is a synonym for minute in unimportant topic. Sometimes you can use "Minor" instead an adjective "Minute".

Nearby Words: minutely, minuteness, minuted, minuting

How words are described

human human minor human minute
normal normal minor normal minute
right right minor right minute
single single minor single minute
Other adjectives: annoying, small, flat, gloomy, main, few, less, last, several, unnamed.
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