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Minimize vs Minimization - What's the difference?

minimize | minimization |

As a verb minimize

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

As a noun minimization is

the act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.

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.

    minimization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of lowering something to its smallest value or extent.
  • (mathematics) The process of finding the minimum value of a function.

    • See also

    * maximization * minimalization