Miniscule vs Enormous - What's the difference?
miniscule | enormous |
(obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
*, New York 2001, p.105:
(obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
*, II.12:
Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.
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As adjectives the difference between miniscule and enormous
is that miniscule is (colloquial) while enormous is (obsolete) deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.miniscule
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Usage notes
* “The correct spelling is minuscule' rather than ' miniscule . The latter is a common error, which has arisen by analogy with other words beginning with “mini”, where the meaning is similarly ‘very small’.” * At the time of writing (22 May 2012), the number of hits in the printed works listed inGoogle Booksfor minuscule' outnumbers those for ' miniscule by a large amount (by 1,990,000 to 422,000, a ratio of roughly 5:1). In contrast, the numbers of hits on Google (with language set to English) are 13,000,000 to 10,900,000, a ratio of about 6:5. English misspellings
enormous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind.
- how apt wee are to receive all impressions, and chiefly the most wicked and enormous .
High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.}}
citation, passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}