Minus vs Absent - What's the difference?
minus | absent |
(mathematics) of the previous number from the following number.
(mathematics) Negative.
On the negative part of a scale.
Ranking just below a designated rating.
(mathematics) A minus sign ().
(mathematics) A negative quantity.
A defect or deficiency.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
* 1623 , (William Shakespeare), All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
(sometimes, comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
* 1746-1747 , Chesterfield, Letters to his Son
(legal) In the absence of; without.
* 1919 , State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2, in The Southwestern Reporter , page 427
* 2011 , David Elstein, letter, London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
(transitive, now, reflexive) Keep away; stay away; go away.
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* 1701-1703 , , "Remarks on Italy"
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(obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(rare) Leave.
As prepositions the difference between minus and absent
is that minus is without while absent is in the absence of; without.As adjectives the difference between minus and absent
is that minus is negative while absent is being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.As nouns the difference between minus and absent
is that minus is a minus sign (−) while absent is absentee; a person who is away on occasion.As a conjunction minus
is difference of the previous number from the following number.As a verb absent is
keep away; stay away; go away.minus
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Conjunction
(move) (English Conjunctions)- seven minus two is five
Derived terms
* minus signSynonyms
* lacking, withoutAdjective
(-)- a minus number
- minus seven degrees
- He got a grade of B minus for his essay.
Synonyms
* (negative) negative * (on the negative part of a scale) below zero (after the noun )Noun
(minuses)Synonyms
* (defect or deficiency) defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcomingAntonyms
* (minus sign) plus, plus sign * (negative quantity) positive * (defect or deficiency) advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plusSee also
* subtract * subtractionReferences
*Anagrams
* ----absent
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Alternative forms
*Etymology 1
* From (etyl) absent, (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- Expecting absent friends.
- The part was rudimental or absent .
- What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
Antonyms
* presentPreposition
(English prepositions)- If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
- the Princess Caroline case [...] established that – absent a measurable ‘public interest’ in publication – she was safe from being photographed while out shopping.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) absenter, from .Verb
(en verb)- Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
- If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
- This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.