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What is the difference between residence and minus?

residence | minus |

As nouns the difference between residence and minus

is that residence is the place where one lives while minus is {{context|mathematics|lang=en}} a minus sign ([[−]]).

As a conjunction minus is

{{context|mathematics|lang=en}} [[difference#noun|difference]] of the previous number from the following number.

As a preposition minus is

{{context|informal|lang=en}} without.

As a adjective minus is

{{context|mathematics|lang=en}} negative.

residence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The place where one lives.
  • * Macaulay
  • Johnson took up his residence in London.
  • A building used as a home.
  • The place where a corporation is established.
  • The state of living in a particular place or environment.
  • * Sir M. Hale
  • The confessor had often made considerable residences in Normandy.
  • The place where anything rests permanently.
  • * Milton
  • But when a king sets himself to bandy against the highest court and residence of all his regal power, he then fights against his own majesty and kingship.
  • subsidence, as of a sediment
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
  • (Jeremy Taylor)

    minus

    English

    Conjunction

    (move) (English Conjunctions)
  • (mathematics) of the previous number from the following number.
  • seven minus two is five

    Derived terms

    * minus sign

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (informal) Without.
  • I walked out minus my coat .

    Synonyms

    * lacking, without

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mathematics) Negative.
  • a minus number
  • On the negative part of a scale.
  • minus seven degrees
  • Ranking just below a designated rating.
  • 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)
  • (mathematics) A minus sign ().
  • (mathematics) A negative quantity.
  • A defect or deficiency.
  • Synonyms

    * (defect or deficiency) defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming

    Antonyms

    * (minus sign) plus, plus sign * (negative quantity) positive * (defect or deficiency) advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plus

    See also

    * subtract * subtraction

    References

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    Anagrams

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