Minus vs. Negative

Minuspreposition

(mathematics) Made less or reduced by followed by an expression of number or quantity.

Minuspreposition

(informal) Without; deprived of.

Minusnoun

(mathematics) The minus sign (−).

Minusnoun

(mathematics) A negative quantity.

Minusnoun

A downside or disadvantage.

Minusadjective

Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction.

Minusadjective

That is below zero by (a specified amount) on a scale.

Minusadjective

Worse off than before; out of pocket.

Minusadjective

(postpositive) Ranking just below (a designated rating).

Minusverb

To subtract.

Minusadjective

Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.

Minusnoun

A factor counted as a disadvantage; a loss or potential loss in a situation or plan; as, he added up all the pluses and minuses and decided not to do it; as, the lack of money is a big minus in an election campaign.

Minusnoun

an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated;

Minusadjective

on the negative side or lower end of a scale;

Minusadjective

involving disadvantage or harm;

Negativeadjective

Not positive or neutral.

Negativeadjective

(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

Negativeadjective

(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero

Negativeadjective

Denying a proposition.

Negativeadjective

Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

Negativeadjective

Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

Negativeadjective

Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

Negativeadjective

(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

Negativeadjective

Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

Negativeadjective

Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

Negativenoun

Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

Negativenoun

(law) A right of veto.

Negativenoun

(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

Negativenoun

(grammar) A word that indicates negation.

Negativenoun

(mathematics) A negative quantity.

Negativenoun

(weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

Negativenoun

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To refuse; to veto.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To contradict.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To disprove.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize.

Negativeinterjection

An elaborate synonym for no.

Negativeadjective

Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; - opposed to affirmative.

Negativeadjective

Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; negative evidence; a negative morality; negative criticism.

Negativeadjective

Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.

Negativeadjective

Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

Negativeadjective

Metalloidal; nonmetallic; - contrasted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

Negativenoun

A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

Negativenoun

A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.

Negativenoun

The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

Negativenoun

That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.

Negativenoun

A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.

Negativenoun

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negativeverb

To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove.

Negativeverb

To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

Negativeverb

To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

Negativenoun

a reply of denial;

Negativenoun

a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed

Negativeverb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;

Negativeadjective

characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features;

Negativeadjective

reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

Negativeadjective

having a negative electric charge;

Negativeadjective

expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

Negativeadjective

having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant;

Negativeadjective

not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;

Negativeadjective

less than zero;

Negativeadjective

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions;

Negativeadjective

involving disadvantage or harm;