Minutia vs Picayune - What's the difference?
minutia | picayune |
A minor detail, often of negligible importance.
(biometrics, forensics) Any of the major features of a fingerprint that allow prints to be compared.
Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;
* 2005 , New York Times , November 17, 2005
something not worth arguing about.
an argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or does not change a primary supposition, outcome, postulate, premise, conclusion, hypothesis, judgment or recommendation;
small-minded: being childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things.
(US, archaic) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents; a fippenny bit.
A five-cent piece.
Something of very little value; a trifle: not worth a picayune.
As nouns the difference between minutia and picayune
is that minutia is a minor detail, often of negligible importance while picayune is (us|archaic) a small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents; a fippenny bit.As an adjective picayune is
petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;.minutia
English
Noun
- They spent all their time on minutiae , never making real progress.
picayune
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "It might seem like a picayune matter, akin to the rivalry in the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian" between the Judean People's Front, the Judean Popular People's Front and the People's Front of Judea."
