Mini vs Diminutive - What's the difference?
mini | diminutive |
Miniature, tiny, small.
A miniskirt.
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(dated) A minicomputer.
(head)
(rare)
Very small.
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Serving to diminish.
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(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
As adjectives the difference between mini and diminutive
is that mini is miniature, tiny, small while diminutive is very small.As nouns the difference between mini and diminutive
is that mini is a miniskirt while diminutive is a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.As a proper noun Mini
is a model of compact car, originally built by BMC in the United Kingdom, and later by BMW.mini
English
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
:See .Noun
(en noun)- All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire.
Anagrams
* * ----diminutive
English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.}}
- diminutive of liberty
Synonyms
* (very small) lilliputian, tinyAntonyms
* (very small) huge, gigantic * augmentativeNoun
(wikipedia diminutive) (en noun)- Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’ .
