The difference between Minuscule and Minute
When used as nouns, minuscule means a lowercase letter, whereas minute means a unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
When used as adjectives, minuscule means written in minuscules, lowercase, whereas minute means very small.
Minute is also verb with the meaning: of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
check bellow for the other definitions of Minuscule and Minute
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Minuscule as a noun:
A lowercase letter.
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Minuscule as a noun:
Either of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
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Minuscule as a noun:
A letter in these styles.
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Minuscule as an adjective:
Written in minuscules, lowercase.
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Minuscule as an adjective:
Written in minuscule handwriting style.
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Minuscule as an adjective:
Very small, tiny.
Examples:
"a minuscule dot"
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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."
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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"
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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"
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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."
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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."
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Minute as a noun:
A point in time; a moment.
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Minute as a noun:
A nautical or a geographic mile.
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Minute as a noun:
An old coin, a half farthing.
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Minute as a noun (obsolete):
A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
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Minute as a noun (architecture):
A fixed part of a module.
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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!"
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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."
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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.
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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"
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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"