degree vs minute

degree and minute both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
degree	Yes	No	No	No
minute	Yes	Yes	No	No

degree (noun)	minute (noun)
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality	distance measured by the time taken to cover it
the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)	a short note
the highest power of a term or variable	a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study	a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
a measure for arcs and angles	an indefinitely short time
a unit of temperature on a specified scale	a particular point in time
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

degree (adjective)	minute (adjective)
	characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
	infinitely or immeasurably small