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Smurf vs Minion - What's the difference?

smurf | minion |

As nouns the difference between smurf and minion

is that smurf is a fictional character, a blue pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs while minion is a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

As a verb smurf

is to structure a deposit; to split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny.

As an adjective minion is

favoured, beloved; "pet".

smurf

English

(The Smurfs)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fictional character, a blue pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise .
  • (internet slang) A smurf account
  • (computing, security) A smurf attack

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    External links

    * (The Smurfs)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (banking) To structure a deposit; to split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny.
  • To carry out a smurf attack against.
    • ----

    minion

    English

    (wikipedia minion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
    • , title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}
  • A sycophantic follower.
  • (obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
  • * Sylvester
    • God's disciple and his dearest minion
  • * William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens , IV-III
    • Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully?
  • (obsolete) An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (typography, uncountable) A size of type smaller than brevier but larger than nonpareil, roughly equivalent to 7pt.
    • (Burton)

    Synonyms

    * (loyal servant) disciple, follower, henchman, stooge, toady

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Favoured, beloved; "pet".
  • *, vol.1, p.148:
    • These favours, with the commodities that follow minion Courtiers, corrupthis libertie, and dazle his judgement.