minors vs league

minors and league both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minors	Yes	No	No	No
league	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, league is a hypernym of minors; that is, league is a word with a broader meaning than minors:

minors: a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
league: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

Other hypernyms of minors include conference.

minors (noun)	league (noun)
a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)	an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
	an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
	an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

minors (verb)	league (verb)
	unite to form a league