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Miniscule vs Mini - What's the difference?

miniscule | mini |

As an adjective miniscule

is (colloquial).

As a noun mini is

water.

miniscule

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (colloquial)

    • Usage notes

    * “The correct spelling is minuscule' rather than ' miniscule . The latter is a common error, which has arisen by analogy with other words beginning with “mini”, where the meaning is similarly ‘very small’.” * At the time of writing (22 May 2012), the number of hits in the printed works listed in Google Books for minuscule' outnumbers those for ' miniscule by a large amount (by 1,990,000 to 422,000, a ratio of roughly 5:1). In contrast, the numbers of hits on Google (with language set to English) are 13,000,000 to 10,900,000, a ratio of about 6:5. English misspellings

    mini

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Miniature, tiny, small.

    • Derived terms

    :See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A miniskirt.
  • * 2010 , Donna Freitas, The Possibilities of Sainthood
    • All Normal Catholic Schoolgirls had creative ways of sluttifying our pure-as-the-driven-snow required attire.
  • (dated) A minicomputer.
    • (head)
  • (rare)

    • Related terms

    * mini- * miniature * minimum * minor

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