Mince vs. Mincer — What's the Difference?

To cut or chop into very small pieces.

To cut or chop into very small pieces.

To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts.

To subdivide (land, for example) into minute parts.

To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement.

To pronounce in an affected way, as with studied elegance and refinement.

To moderate, restrain, or euphemize (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum

To moderate, restrain, or euphemize (words) for the sake of politeness and decorum

To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness.

To walk with very short steps or with exaggerated primness.

To speak in an affected way.

To speak in an affected way.

Finely chopped food, especially mincemeat.

Finely chopped food, especially mincemeat.

(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

A kitchen utensil used for mincing meat, etc.

(uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.

Someone who minces.

(countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.

A homosexual male.

(countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.

One who minces.

An eye (from mince pie).

A kitchen utensil that cuts or chops food (especially meat) into small pieces

(transitive) To make less; to make small.

(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

To effect mincingly.

To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.

To suppress or weaken the force of.

To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).

(transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.

(intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

(intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine; to hash; as, to mince meat.

To suppress or weaken the force of; to extenuate; to palliate; to tell by degrees, instead of directly and frankly; to clip, as words or expressions; to utter half and keep back half of; as, he doesn't mince words.

To affect; to make a parade of.

To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

A short, precise step; an affected manner.

Food chopped into small bits;

Make less severe or harsh;

Walk daintily;

Cut into small pieces;