The difference between Minus and Negative

When used as nouns, minus means a minus sign (−), whereas negative means refusal or withholding of assents.

When used as verbs, minus means to subtract, whereas negative means to refuse.

When used as adjectives, minus means negative, whereas negative means not positive or neutral.

Minus is also preposition with the meaning: without.

Negative is also interjection with the meaning: .}}.

check bellow for the other definitions of Minus and Negative

  1. Minus as a preposition (informal):

    Without.

    Examples:

    "I walked out minus my coat''."

    "synonyms: lacking without"

  2. Minus as a preposition (mathematics):

    less; reduced by.

    Examples:

    "seven minus two is five"

    "ant plus"

  1. Minus as an adjective (mathematics):

    Negative.

    Examples:

    "a minus number"

  2. Minus as an adjective:

    On the negative part of a scale.

    Examples:

    "minus seven degrees"

  3. Minus as an adjective (postpositive):

    Ranking just below a designated rating.

    Examples:

    "He got a grade of B minus for his essay."

  1. Minus as a noun (mathematics):

    A minus sign (−).

  2. Minus as a noun (mathematics):

    A negative quantity.

  3. Minus as a noun:

    A downside or disadvantage.

  1. Minus as a verb (transitive, colloquial):

    To subtract.

  1. Negative as an adjective:

    Not positive or neutral.

  2. Negative as an adjective (physics):

    Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

  3. Negative as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of a number: less than zero

  4. Negative as an adjective (linguistics, logic):

    Denying a proposition.

  5. Negative as an adjective:

    Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

  6. Negative as an adjective:

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

  7. Negative as an adjective:

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

  8. Negative as an adjective (chemistry):

    Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

    Examples:

    "The nitro group is negative."

  9. Negative as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]], pejorative):

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

  10. Negative as an adjective:

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

  1. Negative as a noun:

    Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

  2. Negative as a noun (law):

    A right of veto.

  3. Negative as a noun (photography):

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

  4. Negative as a noun (grammar):

    A word that indicates negation.

  5. Negative as a noun (mathematics):

    A negative quantity.

  6. Negative as a noun (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.

  7. Negative as a noun:

    The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

  1. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To refuse; to veto.

  2. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To contradict.

  3. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To disprove.

  4. Negative as a verb (transitive):

    To make ineffective; to neutralize.

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