The difference between Big and Minute

When used as nouns, big means someone or something that is large in stature, whereas minute means a unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

When used as verbs, big means to praise, recommend, or promote, whereas minute means of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

When used as adjectives, big means of great size, large, whereas minute means very small.


Big is also adverb with the meaning: in a loud manner.

check bellow for the other definitions of Big and Minute

  1. Big as an adjective:

    Of great size, large.

    Examples:

    "Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot."

  2. Big as an adjective (of an industry or other field):

    Thought to have undue influence.

    Examples:

    "There were concerns about the ethics of big pharma."

  3. Big as an adjective:

    Popular.

    Examples:

    "That style is very big right now in Europe, especially among teenagers."

  4. Big as an adjective (informal):

    Adult.

    Examples:

    "Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen."

  5. Big as an adjective (informal):

    Fat.

    Examples:

    "Gosh, she is big!"

  6. Big as an adjective (informal):

    Important or significant.

    Examples:

    "What's so big about that? I do it all the time."

  7. Big as an adjective (informal, with ''on''):

    Enthusiastic (about).

    Examples:

    "I'm not big on the idea, but if you want to go ahead with it, I won't stop you."

  8. Big as an adjective (informal):

    Mature, conscientious, principled; generous.

    Examples:

    "That's very big of you, thank you!"

    "I tried to be the bigger person and just let it go, but I couldn't help myself."

  9. Big as an adjective (informal):

    Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.

    Examples:

    "Whoa, Nadia has gotten pretty big since she hit puberty."

  10. Big as an adjective (sometimes, figurative):

    Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.

    Examples:

    "She was big with child."

  11. Big as an adjective (informal):

    Examples:

    "You are a big liar.  Why are you in such a big hurry?"

  12. Big as an adjective (of a city):

  13. Big as an adjective (informal, slang, of somebody's age):

    old, mature. Used to imply that somebody is too old for something, or acting immaturely.

    Examples:

    "Imagine still watching Pokemon at your big age."

  1. Big as an adverb:

    In a loud manner.

  2. Big as an adverb:

    In a boasting manner.

    Examples:

    "He's always talking big, but he never delivers."

  3. Big as an adverb:

    In a large amount or to a large extent.

    Examples:

    "He won big betting on the croquet championship."

  4. Big as an adverb:

    On a large scale, expansively.

    Examples:

    "You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing."

  5. Big as an adverb:

    Hard.

    Examples:

    "He hit him big and the guy just crumpled."

  1. Big as a noun:

    Someone or something that is large in stature

  2. Big as a noun:

    An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.

  3. Big as a noun (as plural):

    The big leagues, big time.

  4. Big as a noun (BDSM, slang):

  1. Big as a verb (transitive):

    To praise, recommend, or promote.

  1. Big as a verb (transitive, archaic, or, UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):

    to inhabit; occupy

  2. Big as a verb (reflexive, archaic, or, UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):

    to locate oneself

  3. Big as a verb (transitive, archaic, or, UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):

    to build; erect; fashion

  4. Big as a verb (intransitive, archaic, or, UK, _, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):

    to dwell; have a dwelling

  1. Big as a noun:

    One or more kinds of barley, especially .

  1. Minute as a noun:

    A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).

    Examples:

    "You have twenty minutes to complete the test."

  2. Minute as a noun (informal):

    A short but unspecified time period.

    Examples:

    "Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!"

    "synonyms: instant jiffy mo moment sec second tic"

  3. Minute as a noun:

    A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

    Examples:

    "We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc."

    "synonyms: minute of arc"

  4. Minute as a noun (chiefly in the plural, [[minutes]]):

    A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.

    Examples:

    "Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting."

  5. Minute as a noun:

    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.

    Examples:

    "If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes."

  6. Minute as a noun:

    A point in time; a moment.

  7. Minute as a noun:

    A nautical or a geographic mile.

  8. Minute as a noun:

    An old coin, a half farthing.

  9. Minute as a noun (obsolete):

    A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.

  10. Minute as a noun (architecture):

    A fixed part of a module.

  11. Minute as a noun (slang, US, Canada, dialectal):

    A while or a long unspecified period of time

    Examples:

    "Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!"

  1. Minute as a verb (transitive):

    Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

    Examples:

    "I’ll minute this evening’s meeting."

  2. Minute as a verb:

    To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

  1. Minute as an adjective:

    Very small.

    Examples:

    "They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing."

    "synonyms: infinitesimainsignificant minuscule tiny trace"

    "ant big enormous colossahuge significant tremendous vast"

  2. Minute as an adjective:

    Very careful and exact, giving small details.

    Examples:

    "The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination."

    "synonyms: exact exacting excruciating precise scrupulous"