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What is the difference between minion and angel?

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Angel is a hyponym of minion.



In obsolete terms the difference between minion and angel

is that minion is favoured, beloved; "pet" while angel is attendant spirit; genius; demon.

As an adjective minion

is favoured, beloved; "pet".

As a verb angel is

to support by donating money.

As a proper noun Angel is

a given name derived from Ancient Greek used since 16th century, from Latin Angelus or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.

minion

English

(wikipedia minion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
    • , title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}
  • A sycophantic follower.
  • (obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
  • * Sylvester
    • God's disciple and his dearest minion
  • * William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens , IV-III
    • Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully?
  • (obsolete) An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (typography, uncountable) A size of type smaller than brevier but larger than nonpareil, roughly equivalent to 7pt.
    • (Burton)

    Synonyms

    * (loyal servant) disciple, follower, henchman, stooge, toady

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Favoured, beloved; "pet".
  • *, vol.1, p.148:
    • These favours, with the commodities that follow minion Courtiers, corrupthis libertie, and dazle his judgement.

    angel

    English

    (wikipedia angel)

    Alternative forms

    * aynjel (Jamaican English)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
  • (Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
  • A selfless person.
    • You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
  • (military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
    • Climb to angels sixty.
  • An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
  • A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
  • * Bible, Rev. ii. 1
    • Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
  • (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.

    • Synonyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    * cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throne

    Derived terms

    * angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angel

    Related terms

    * evangelist * evangelize

    Descendants

    * Hawaiian:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To support by donating money.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1984
    • , title=American Magazine , volume=118 citation , page=88 , passage=You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.}}

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