Nuance vs. Minute — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nuance and Minute
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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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