minute vs climax

climax vs minute

minute and climax both are nouns.

minute is an adjective but climax is not an adjective.

minute is not a verb while climax is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
minute	Yes	Yes	No	No
climax	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

minute: a particular point in time
climax: the decisive moment in a novel or play

Other hyponyms of minute include culmination, eleventh hour, last minute, moment of truth, moment of truth, pinpoint, time, psychological moment.

minute (noun)	climax (noun)
distance measured by the time taken to cover it	the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
a short note	the decisive moment in a novel or play
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree	arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour	the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
an indefinitely short time	the most severe stage of a disease
a particular point in time

minute (adjective)	climax (adjective)
characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
infinitely or immeasurably small

minute (verb)	climax (verb)
	end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

Difference between minute and climax

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