Miniscule vs Minimal - What's the difference?
miniscule | minimal |
The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
(arts) characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
(music) characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
As adjectives the difference between miniscule and minimal
is that miniscule is misspelling of lang=en while minimal is the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.miniscule
English
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 inGoogle Booksfor 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