minute vs degree

minute and degree both are nouns.

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

minute (noun)	degree (noun)
distance measured by the time taken to cover it	a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
a short note	the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree	the highest power of a term or variable
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour	an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
an indefinitely short time	a measure for arcs and angles
a particular point in time	a unit of temperature on a specified scale
	a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

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