Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jiffy | Yes | No | No | No |
minute | Yes | Yes | No | No |
jiffy (noun) | minute (noun) |
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a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) | distance measured by the time taken to cover it |
a short note | |
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | |
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | |
an indefinitely short time | |
a particular point in time |
jiffy (adjective) | minute (adjective) |
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characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination | |
infinitely or immeasurably small |