Minimum vs Tiny - What's the difference?
minimum | tiny |
The lowest limit.
The smallest amount.
(astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
(analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
(statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
To the lowest degree.
Very small.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A small child; an infant.
*1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 28:
*:‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny .’
* 1982 , Young children in China (page 84)
Anything very small.
* 1956 , Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden (page 102)
As nouns the difference between minimum and tiny
is that minimum is minimum while tiny is a small child; an infant.As an adjective tiny is
very small.minimum
English
Noun
(en-noun)- We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
- We need a minimum of 3 fully-qualified staff members on duty at all time.
- He always tries to get away with doing the minimum .
- Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
Usage notes
* (term) is more common plural for the technical senses.Antonyms
* maximumHypernyms
* (statistics) measure of locationDerived terms
(terms derived from minimum) * bare minimum * global minimum * local minimum * Maunder minimum * minimum wage * moral minimumAdjective
(-)tiny
English
Adjective
(er)Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny' creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying ' tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* huge, large, bigDerived terms
* tinynessNoun
(tinies)- The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
- Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies ? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.