minor vs orphan

orphan vs minor

minor and orphan both are nouns.

minor is an adjective but orphan is not an adjective.

minor and orphan both are verbs.

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

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

minor: a young person of either sex
orphan: a child who has lost both parents

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

minor (noun)	orphan (noun)
a young person of either sex	a young animal without a mother
	the first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column
	a child who has lost both parents
	someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

minor (adjective)	orphan (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)	orphan (verb)
have as one's secondary field of study	deprive of parents

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