Miniature vs Micro - What's the difference?
miniature | micro |
As a noun miniature is greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. As an adjective miniature is smaller than normal. As a verb miniature is to make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature. As a proper noun micro is a town in north carolina.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
miniature Noun
( en noun)
Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
A small version of something; a model of reduced scale.
- There was a miniature of a whaling ship in a glass bottle over the mantlepiece.
A small, highly detailed painting, a portrait miniature.
The art of painting such highly detailed miniature works.
An illustration in an illuminated manuscript.
A musical composition which is short in duration.
- Sacha composed a miniature for strings as a final project at the conservatory.
(gaming) A token in a game representing a unit or character.
- Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.
Lettering in red; rubric distinction.
A particular feature or trait.
- (Massinger)
Derived terms
* miniaturist
Adjective
( en adjective)
Smaller than normal.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author= Alok Jha
, volume=189, issue=13, page=39, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Miniature brains grown in lab
, passage=Scientists have grown miniature human brains in test tubes, creating a "tool" that will allow them to watch how the organs develop in the womb and, they hope, increase their understanding of neurological and mental problems. ¶ Just a few millimetres across, the "cerebral organoids" are built up of layers of brain cells with defined regions that resemble those seen in immature, embryonic brains.}}
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Derived terms
* miniature poodle
* miniaturism
Verb
(miniatur)
To make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.
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micro English
Etymology 1
Adjective
( en adjective)
Small, relatively small; (used to contrast levels of the noun modified).
- At the micro level he was a good manager. At the macro level he failed.
Antonyms
* macro
Etymology 2
Noun
( en noun)
(computing, dated)
* 1984 , Mike Gerrard, Bryan Skinner, Mr Chips comes home: micros and home education (page 23)
- If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised.
* 1986 , Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack'' (video game review) in ''Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986
- So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite.
Etymology 3
Noun
(-)
(lb) micromanagement
Verb
(lb) to micromanage
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