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Minimize vs Minimalize - What's the difference?

minimize | minimalize |

As verbs the difference between minimalize and minimize

is that minimalize is to reduce to a minimum while minimize is to make (something) as small or as insignificant as possible.

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.

    minimalize

    English

    Verb

    (minimaliz)
  • To reduce to a minimum.

    • Derived terms

    *minimalization