Minuet vs Munchkin - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between minuet and munchkin

is that minuet is a slow graceful dance consisting of a coupé, a high step, and a balance while munchkin is a child.

As a verb minuet

is to dance a minuet.

minuet

English

(wikipedia minuet)

Noun

(en noun)

A slow graceful dance consisting of a , a high step, and a balance.

(music) A tune or air to regulate the movements of the minuet dance: it has the dance form, and is commonly in , measure.

(music) A complete short musical composition inspired by and conforming to many formal characteristics of the traditional musical accompaniment to the dance of same name.

(music) A movement which is part of a longer musical composition such as a suite, sonata, or symphony which is inspired by and conforming to formal characteristics of the dance of same name.

Verb

(en verb)

To dance a minuet .

* 1838 , , A Voyage Round the World , page 318,

After he had raved his time upon the stage, the ladies and knights again minueted for an hour, and again gave place.

* 1840 , "An Officer of the U. S. Navy," Around the World: A Narrative of a Voyage in the East India Squadron, Under Commodore George C. Read , page 163,

Within the same circle with the pigeons, were beautiful albatrosses, poising and minueting with them in the most pleasing fellowship.

* 2001 , Tony Sharp, Pleasure and Ambition: The Life, Loves and Wars of Augustus the Strong , page 185,

This set the pattern for four years, as the two monarchs minueted around the vast Commonwealth, never again to face each other personally in battle.

Anagrams

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munchkin

English

Noun

(wikipedia munchkin) (en noun)

(label) A child.

* 2006 , Michelle LaRowe, Nanny to the Rescue!: Straight Talk & Super Tips for Parenting in the Early Years , Thomas Nelson (2006), ISBN 9780849912320, page 124:

Picture this: your child begins his first day of group childcare, and he is suddenly surrounded by other munchkins his age

(informal) A person of very short stature.

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 25, author=Jonathan Salem Baskin, title=Will Nokia's Next Chapter Be Kitchen Blenders?, work=InformationWeek's Digital Life Weblog citation

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(domestic cat breed)

(label) A player who mainly concentrates on increasing their character's power and capabilities.

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* {{quote-newsgroup, year=2001, date=March 7, author="Caldera OpenLinux User", title=Re: what's a munchkin ?, newsgroup=alt.games.baldurs-gate citation

, passage=There are many different answers, but here's mine: A munchkin is someone who's chiefly concerned with "playing to win" - which might be quite appropriate in a game of checkers, but can be very annoying in a roleplaying game.}}

Synonyms

* (child) see also * (small person) dwarf, lilliputian, pygmy, tiddler

References

English allusions