minor vs scalawag

scalawag vs minor

minor and scalawag both are nouns.

minor is an adjective but scalawag is not an adjective.

minor is a verb but scalawag is not a verb.

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

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

minor: a young person of either sex
scalawag: 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, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, 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)	scalawag (noun)
a young person of either sex	one who is playfully mischievous
	a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
	a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction policies after the American Civil War (usually for self-interest)

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

Difference between minor and scalawag

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