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Minuscule vs Trivial - What's the difference?

minuscule | trivial |

As nouns the difference between minuscule and trivial

is that minuscule is a lower-case letter while trivial is any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

As adjectives the difference between minuscule and trivial

is that minuscule is written in minuscules, lower-case while trivial is ignorable; of little significance or value.

minuscule

English

(wikipedia minuscule)

Alternative forms

* miniscule (Originally a misspelling, but now so common that it has come to be considered an alternative spelling by many )

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lower-case letter.
  • Any of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule.
  • A letter in these styles.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Written in minuscules, lower-case.
  • Written in minuscule handwriting style.
  • Very small, tiny.
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    Synonyms

    * (written in minuscules) lower-case, small * (very small) microscopic, minute, tiny * See also

    Antonyms

    * (lower-case) majuscule, uppercase

    Usage notes

    See the usage notes at miniscule ----

    trivial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ignorable; of little significance or value.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "All which details, I have no doubt, Jones , who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial , twaddling, and ultra-sentimental."
  • Commonplace, ordinary.
  • * De Quincey
    • As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial , and incapable of labour.
  • Concerned with or involving trivia.
  • (biology) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
  • (mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
  • (mathematics) Self-evident.
  • Pertaining to the trivium.
  • (philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.

    • Synonyms

    * (of little significance) ignorable, negligible, trifling

    Antonyms

    * nontrivial * important * significant * radical * fundamental

    Derived terms

    * trivia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
    • (Skelton)
    (Wood)
    (Webster 1913) ----