minor vs monkey

monkey vs minor

minor and monkey both are nouns.

minor is an adjective but monkey is not an adjective.

minor and monkey both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
monkey	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, monkey is a hyponym of minor; that is, monkey is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than minor:

minor: a young person of either sex
monkey: one who is playfully mischievous

Other hyponyms of minor include bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, kiddie, kiddy, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

minor (noun)	monkey (noun)
a young person of either sex	any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
	one who is playfully mischievous

minor (adjective)	monkey (adjective)
inferior in number or size or amount
lesser in scope or effect
not of legal age
(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
of lesser importance or stature or rank
of lesser seriousness or danger
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
relatively moderate, limited, or small
warranting only temporal punishment

minor (verb)	monkey (verb)
have as one's secondary field of study	do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly

Difference between minor and monkey

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.