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Minutia vs Mediocre - What's the difference?

minutia | mediocre |

As a noun minutia

is a minor detail, often of negligible importance.

As an adjective mediocre is

ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality.

minutia

English

Noun

  • A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
  • They spent all their time on minutiae , never making real progress.
  • (biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.
  • mediocre

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
  • I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.

    Synonyms

    * middling * See also