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Invalidate vs Minimize - What's the difference?

invalidate | minimize |

As verbs the difference between invalidate and minimize

is that invalidate is to make invalid especially applied to contract law while minimize is to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.

invalidate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
    • The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    minimize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (non-Oxford British spelling)

    Verb

    (minimiz)
  • To make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.
  • (computing, transitive, graphical user interface) To remove (a window) from the main display area, collapsing it to an icon or caption.
    • I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.