Crotchet vs. Minim — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Crotchet and Minim
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Crotchet
An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
Minim
In the United States, 1/60 of a fluid dram (0.0616 milliliter).
Crotchet
(Music) See quarter note.
Minim
In Great Britain, 1/20 of a scruple (0.0592 milliliter).
Crotchet
A small hook or hooklike structure.
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Minim
(Music) A half note.
Crotchet
(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
Minim
An insignificantly small portion or thing.
Crotchet
(obsolete) A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
Minim
A downward vertical stroke in handwriting.
Crotchet
A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
Minim
(music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
Crotchet
(archaic) A whim or a fancy.
Minim
A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1⁄60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
Crotchet
A forked support; a crotch.
Minim
A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
Crotchet
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
Minim
Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
The minims of existence
Crotchet
(military) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
Minim
(zoology) The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
Crotchet
(printing) A square bracket.
Minim
A little man or being; a dwarf.
Crotchet
(obsolete) to play music in measured time
Minim
A small fish; a minnow.
Crotchet
Archaic form of crochet
Minim
A short poetical encomium.
Crotchet
A forked support; a crotch.
The crotchets of their cot in columns rise.
Minim
Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; - applied to animalcula; and the like.
Crotchet
A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
Minim
The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
Crotchet
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
Minim
A small fish; a minnow.
Crotchet
The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
Minim
A little man or being; a dwarf.
Crotchet
A bracket. See Bracket.
Minim
One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
Crotchet
An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
Minim
A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
Crotchet
A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man.
Minim
A short poetical encomium.
Crotchet
To play music in measured time.
Minim
Minute.
Crotchet
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
Minim
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters
Crotchet
A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note
Minim
A United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram
Crotchet
A strange attitude or habit
Minim
A musical note having the time value of half a whole note
Crotchet
A small tool or hook-like implement
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