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Virgo vs Minion - What's the difference?

virgo | minion |

As nouns the difference between virgo and minion

is that virgo is someone with a Virgo star sign while minion is a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

As a proper noun Virgo

is : A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.

As an adjective minion is

favoured, beloved; "pet".

virgo

English

Proper noun

(en-proper noun) (symbol )
  • (zodiac constellations): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.
  • * , Act 4, Scene 3,
    • Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.
  • (astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 - September 22 (tropical astrology) or September 16 - October 15 (sidereal astrology).

    • Derived terms

    * Virginis * Virgoan

    Related terms

    * (astronomy) Vir (abbreviation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone with a Virgo star sign

    • Synonyms

    * Virgoan

    Antonyms

    * Pisces

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    minion

    English

    (wikipedia minion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
    • , title= Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily? , volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}
  • A sycophantic follower.
  • (obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
  • * Sylvester
    • God's disciple and his dearest minion
  • * William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens , IV-III
    • Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully?
  • (obsolete) An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (typography, uncountable) A size of type smaller than brevier but larger than nonpareil, roughly equivalent to 7pt.
    • (Burton)

    Synonyms

    * (loyal servant) disciple, follower, henchman, stooge, toady

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Favoured, beloved; "pet".
  • *, vol.1, p.148:
    • These favours, with the commodities that follow minion Courtiers, corrupthis libertie, and dazle his judgement.