Lesser vs Minor - What's the difference?
lesser | minor |
(little)
of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.
a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc.
Of little significance or importance.
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(music) Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
(music) being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
A person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
* I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor .
* I became an English minor .
(mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix
To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
* I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it.
As adjectives the difference between lesser and minor
is that lesser is comparative of little while minor is of little significance or importance.As nouns the difference between lesser and minor
is that lesser is a thing that is of smaller size, value, importance etc while minor is a person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.As a verb minor is
to choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.As a proper noun Minor is
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English
Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* lesser anteater * Lesser Antilles * lesser celandine * lesser extent * lesser evil, lesser of two evils * lesser flamingo * lesser included offense * lesser nothura * lesser spotted woodpeckerNoun
(en noun)- the lesser of two evils
- The greater sand hills increasingly do not migrate, but almost all lessers do.
Anagrams
* ----minor
English
Alternative forms
* minour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment.
- There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
- a minor scale.
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* majorNoun
(en noun)- It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen.