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Minimike vs Minimize - What's the difference?

minimike | minimize |

As a noun minimike

is (informal) a small microphone.

As a verb minimize is

to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.

minimike

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A small microphone.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 16, author=Eric A. Taub, title=The Record of Your Life as a Digital Archive, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Assuming you still have a phonograph turntable (or eight-track or cassette deck) and it is not the console type from the 1950s or earlier, plug the audio output from the turntable’s amplifier/receiver into the minimike port found on virtually all home computers. }}

    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.