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Assistant vs Minion - What's the difference?

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Assistant is a related term of minion.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between assistant and minion

is that assistant is (obsolete) someone who is present; a bystander, a witness while minion is (obsolete) favoured, beloved; "pet".

As adjectives the difference between assistant and minion

is that assistant is having a subordinate or auxiliary position while minion is (obsolete) favoured, beloved; "pet".

As nouns the difference between assistant and minion

is that assistant is (obsolete) someone who is present; a bystander, a witness while minion is a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

assistant

English

Alternative forms

* assistaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(-) (attributive)
  • Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.
    • an assistant surgeon
  • Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
  • * Beattie
    • Genius and learning are mutually and greatly assistant to each other.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Someone who is present; a bystander, a witness.
  • *, II.3:
    • a woman of great authority, having first yeelded an accompt unto her Citizens, and shewed good reasons why she was resolved to end her life, earnestly entreated Pompey to be an assistant at her death, that so it might be esteemed more honourable.
  • A person who assists or helps someone else.
  • (British) Sales assistant.
  • A software tool that provides assistance in some task.

    • Related terms

    * assist * assistance

    Anagrams

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    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.