Younger vs Minor - What's the difference?
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(young)
(rare) One who is younger than another.
* 1882 , L. H. Apaque, A baker's dozen (page 102)
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 lang=en terms the difference between younger and minor
is that younger is one who is younger than another while minor is being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.As a verb minor is
to choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.As a proper noun Minor is
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English
Adjective
(head)- Our neighbor spent his younger years in England.
- Reading this book takes me back to my younger days.
Antonyms
* elder * olderNoun
(en noun)- Hugh and Charlie also played fairly well, so perhaps it was not wonderful that James, who had always regarded cricket as a childish waste of time, felt rather at a loss, and did not care to display his inferiority to his youngers .
Antonyms
* elderminor
English
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.