Small vs. Minute
Smalladjective
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
Smalladjective
(figuratively) Young, as a child.
Smalladjective
Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
Smalladjective
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
Smalladjective
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
Smalladverb
In a small fashion.
Smalladverb
In or into small pieces.
Smalladverb
(obsolete) To a small extent.
Smallnoun
(rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
Smallverb
To make little or less.
Smallverb
(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
Smalladjective
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
Smalladjective
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
Smalladjective
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; - sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
Smalladjective
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
Smalladjective
Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
Smalladverb
In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
Smalladverb
Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
Smallnoun
The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
Smallnoun
Smallclothes.
Smallnoun
Same as Little go. See under Little, a.
Smallverb
To make little or less.
Smallnoun
the slender part of the back
Smallnoun
a garment size for a small person
Smalladjective
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;
Smalladjective
limited in size or scope;
Smalladjective
low or inferior in station or quality;
Smalladjective
not fully grown;
Smalladjective
too small to be seen except under a microscope
Smalladjective
not large but sufficient in size or amount;
Smalladjective
(of a voice) faint;
Smalladjective
slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope;
Smalladjective
made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);
Smalladjective
lowercase;
Smalladjective
have fine or very small constituent particles;
Smalladverb
on a small scale;
Minutenoun
A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
Minutenoun
(informal) A short but unspecified time period.
Minutenoun
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
Minutenoun
A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
Minutenoun
A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
Minutenoun
A point in time; a moment.
Minutenoun
A nautical or a geographic mile.
Minutenoun
An old coin, a half farthing.
Minutenoun
(obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
Minutenoun
(architecture) A fixed part of a module.
Minutenoun
A while or a long unspecified period of time
Minuteverb
(transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
Minuteverb
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Minuteadjective
Very small.
Minuteadjective
Very careful and exact, giving small details.
Minutenoun
The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m. or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.
Minutenoun
The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (´); as, 10° 20´).
Minutenoun
A nautical or a geographic mile.
Minutenoun
A coin; a half farthing.
Minutenoun
A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
Minutenoun
A point of time; a moment.
Minutenoun
The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate; to read the minutes of the last meeting.
Minutenoun
A fixed part of a module. See Module.
Minuteadjective
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.
Minuteadjective
Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details.
Minuteadjective
Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
Minuteverb
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Minutenoun
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;
Minutenoun
an indefinitely short time;
Minutenoun
a particular point in time;
Minutenoun
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
Minutenoun
a short note;
Minutenoun
distance measured by the time taken to cover it;
Minuteadjective
infinitely or immeasurably small;
Minuteadjective
immeasurably small
Minuteadjective
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
Minute
The minute is a unit of time usually equal to 1/60 (the first sexagesimal fraction) of an hour, or 60 seconds. In the UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of leap seconds (there is a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system).
