Minimize vs Discard - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between minimize and discard

is that minimize is to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible while discard is to throw away, to reject.

is that minimize is to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible while discard is to throw away, to reject.

anything discarded.

* (l) (non-Oxford British spelling)

(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.

(en verb)

to throw away, to reject.

* I. Taylor

A man discards the follies of boyhood.

(card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.

To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

* Jonathan Swift

They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should resolve to discard them.

* cast away * dismiss * dispose * eliminate * get rid of * throw away * See also

(en noun)

Anything discarded.

A discarded playing card in a card game.

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