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Nuance vs. Minute — What's the Difference?

Nuance vs. Minute — What's the Difference?

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Nuance

A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.

Minute

The minute is a unit of time usually equal to 1/60 (the first sexagesimal fraction) of an hour, or 60 seconds. In the UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of leap seconds (there is a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system).

Nuance

Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone
A rich artistic performance, full of nuance.

Minute

A unit of time equal to one sixtieth of an hour, or 60 seconds.

Nuance

To treat or consider with nuance; give nuances to
New information that nuanced their understanding of the situation.
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Minute

A unit of angular measurement equal to one sixtieth of a degree, or 60 seconds. Also called arcminute, minute of arc.

Nuance

A minor distinction.
Hidden nuances

Minute

A measure of the distance one can cover in a minute
Lives ten minutes from school.

Nuance

Subtlety or fine detail.
Understanding the basics is easy, but appreciating the nuances takes years.

Minute

A short interval of time; moment.

Nuance

(transitive) To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way.

Minute

A specific point in time
Stop that this minute!.

Nuance

A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

Minute

A note or summary covering points to be remembered; a memorandum.

Nuance

A small difference in meaning, significance, or expression.

Minute

Minutes An official record of the proceedings of a meeting.

Nuance

A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
Without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
Don't argue about shades of meaning

Minute

To record in a memorandum or the minutes of a meeting.

Minute

Exceptionally small; tiny.

Minute

Not worthy of notice; insignificant
A minute problem.

Minute

Characterized by careful scrutiny and close examination
Held a minute inspection of the grounds.

Minute

A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

Minute

(informal) A short but unspecified time period.
Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!

Minute

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

Minute

A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.

Minute

A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
If you buy this model, you’ll get 100 free minutes.

Minute

A point in time; a moment.

Minute

A nautical or a geographic mile.

Minute

An old coin, a half farthing.

Minute

(obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.

Minute

(architecture) A fixed part of a module.

Minute

A while or a long unspecified period of time
Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!

Minute

(transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.

Minute

To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Minute

Very small.
They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.

Minute

Very careful and exact, giving small details.
The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.

Minute

The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m. or min.; as, 4 h. 30 m.
Four minutes, that is to say, minutes of an hour.

Minute

The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus (´); as, 10° 20´).

Minute

A nautical or a geographic mile.

Minute

A coin; a half farthing.

Minute

A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle.
Minutes and circumstances of his passion.

Minute

A point of time; a moment.
I go this minute to attend the king.

Minute

The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate; to read the minutes of the last meeting.

Minute

A fixed part of a module. See Module.

Minute

Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes.

Minute

Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable; as, minute details.

Minute

Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.

Minute

To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance.

Minute

A unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour;
He ran a 4 minute mile

Minute

An indefinitely short time;
Wait just a moment
It only takes a minute
In just a bit

Minute

A particular point in time;
The moment he arrived the party began

Minute

A unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree

Minute

A short note;
The secretary keeps the minutes of the meeting

Minute

Distance measured by the time taken to cover it;
We live an hour from the airport
Its just 10 minutes away

Minute

Infinitely or immeasurably small;
Two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
Reduced to a microscopic scale

Minute

Immeasurably small

Minute

Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination;
A minute inspection of the grounds
A narrow scrutiny
An exact and minute report

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