Minion vs Inferior - What's the difference?
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A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
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(obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
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* William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens , IV-III
(obsolete) An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
(typography, uncountable) A size of type smaller than brevier but larger than nonpareil, roughly equivalent to 7pt.
(obsolete) Favoured, beloved; "pet".
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of lower quality
* Dryden
of lower rank
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(botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
(astronomy) Below the horizon.
a person of lower stature to another
Minion is a related term of inferior.
As nouns the difference between minion and inferior
is that minion is a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being while inferior is a person of lower stature to another.As adjectives the difference between minion and inferior
is that minion is (obsolete) favoured, beloved; "pet" while inferior is of lower quality.minion
English
(wikipedia minion)Noun
(en noun)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.}}
- God's disciple and his dearest minion
- Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully?
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- (Burton)
Synonyms
* (loyal servant) disciple, follower, henchman, stooge, toadyAdjective
(en adjective)- These favours, with the commodities that follow minion Courtiers, corrupthis libertie, and dazle his judgement.
inferior
English
Alternative forms
* inferiour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
- Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
- an inferior officer
- an inferior figure or letter
- the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
- the inferior part of a meridian
Usage notes
(term) and (superior) are generally followed by (to); (than) is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* superiorCoordinate terms
*Noun
(en noun)- As you are my inferior , I can tell you to do anything I want.