minor vs yearling

yearling vs minor

minor and yearling both are nouns.

minor is an adjective but yearling is not an adjective.

minor is a verb but yearling is not a verb.

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

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

minor: a young person of either sex
yearling: a young child who is just beginning to walk

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, poster child, kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler, silly, sprog, bambino, toddler, tot, urchin, street child, waif.

minor (noun)	yearling (noun)
a young person of either sex	an animal in its second year
	a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1 following its birth
	a young child who is just beginning to walk

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

Difference between minor and yearling

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