Tidy vs Minor - What's the difference?
tidy | minor |
(obsolete) In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
* Tusser
(lb) Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.
Arranged neatly and in order.
Not messy; neat and controlled.
Satisfactory; comfortable.
(informal) Generous, considerable.
To make tidy; to neaten.
A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
(dated) A child's pinafore.
The wren.
(Wales) Expression of positive agreement, usually in reply to a question.
Of little significance or importance.
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(music) Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
(music) being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
A person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
* I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor .
* I became an English minor .
(mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix
To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
* I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it.
In surname|lang=en terms the difference between tidy and minor
is that tidy is while minor is .As proper nouns the difference between tidy and minor
is that tidy is while minor is .tidy
English
Adjective
(er)- if weather be fair and tidy
- Keep Britain tidy .
- The scheme made a tidy profit.
Synonyms
* neat * orderly * presentable * spick and spanAntonyms
* messy * untidyDerived terms
* hair-tidyVerb
Noun
(tidies)- a desk tidy
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- (Drayton)
Interjection
(en interjection)Usage notes
Often used by people from South Wales to end a sentence or as a reply to a question meaning "Great" or "Fine", for example "I'm going to the shops for ten fags" may get the reply "Tidy." 1000 English basic wordsminor
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Alternative forms
* minour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment.
- There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
- a minor scale.
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoAntonyms
* majorNoun
(en noun)- It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen.