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Disadvantage vs Minus - What's the difference?

disadvantage | minus |

As nouns the difference between disadvantage and minus

is that disadvantage is a weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con while minus is a minus sign.

As a verb disadvantage

is to place at a disadvantage.

disadvantage

English

Alternative forms

* disadvauntage (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A weakness or undesirable characteristic; a con.
    • The disadvantage to owning a food processor is that you have to store it somewhere.
  • A setback or handicap.
    • My height is a disadvantage for reaching high shelves.
  • * Burke
    • I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you.
  • * Palfrey
    • Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage .
  • Loss; detriment; hindrance.
  • * Bancroft
    • They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public.

    Synonyms

    * (an undesirable characteristic) afterdeal, con, drawback, downside * (a handicap) afterdeal, weakness

    Antonyms

    * advantage

    Verb

    (disadvantag)
  • To place at a disadvantage.
    • They fear it might disadvantage honest participants to allow automated entries.
  • * 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
    • For London to have its own exclusive immigration policy would exacerbate the sense that immigration benefits only certain groups and disadvantages the rest. It would entrench the gap between London and the rest of the nation. And it would widen the breach between the public and the elite that has helped fuel anti-immigrant hostility.

    Synonyms

    * tell against

    Derived terms

    * disadvantageous * disadvantageously * disadvantageousness

    minus

    English

    Conjunction

    (move) (English Conjunctions)
  • (mathematics) of the previous number from the following number.
    • seven minus two is five

    Derived terms

    * minus sign

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (informal) Without.
    • I walked out minus my coat .

    Synonyms

    * lacking, without

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Negative.
    • a minus number
  • On the negative part of a scale.
    • minus seven degrees
  • Ranking just below a designated rating.
    • He got a grade of B minus for his essay.

    Synonyms

    * (negative) negative * (on the negative part of a scale) below zero (after the noun )

    Noun

    (minuses)
  • (mathematics) A minus sign ().
  • (mathematics) A negative quantity.
  • A defect or deficiency.

    • Synonyms

    * (defect or deficiency) defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming

    Antonyms

    * (minus sign) plus, plus sign * (negative quantity) positive * (defect or deficiency) advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plus

    See also

    * subtract * subtraction

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