Minor
Minor adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Signal
Signal adjective - Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.
Usage example: the Louisiana Purchase is cited by many historians as one of the most signal events in American history
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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After Kim Possible kicks her into a signal tower that zaps her and collapses on top of her in So the Drama, Shego receives only minor damage to her clothes, hair, and dignity.
Source: Harmless Electrocution - A more minor example is a side quest in Mass Effect where you trace a signal in Flux that was transferring credits out of the Quasar machines.
Source: AI Is A Crapshoot / Video Games - Signal Lancer, who is a minor joke character at best and doesn't even get named in the English dub, became famous and even a tad memetic when, in the show's final episode, he dramatically revealed his robot mode and left his spot to find his great destiny.
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