minor vs poster child

poster child vs minor

minor and poster child both are nouns.

minor is an adjective but poster child is not an adjective.

minor is a verb but poster child is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
poster child	Yes	No	No	No

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

minor: a young person of either sex
poster child: a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes

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, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, yearling, urchin, street child, waif.

minor (noun)	poster child (noun)
a young person of either sex	a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes

minor (adjective)	poster child (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)	poster child (verb)
have as one's secondary field of study

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