minute vs flash
flash vs minuteminute and flash both are nouns.
minute and flash both are adjectives.
minute is not a verb while flash is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| minute | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
flash is a hyponym of
minute; that is, flash is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
minute:
- minute: an indefinitely short time
- flash: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Other hyponyms of minute include
blink of an eye, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, New York minute, split second, trice, twinkling, wink.
| minute (noun) | flash (noun) |
|---|---|
| distance measured by the time taken to cover it | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
| a short note | a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification |
| a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree | a momentary brightness |
| a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour | a sudden brilliant understanding |
| an indefinitely short time | a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story |
| a particular point in time | a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate |
| a gaudy outward display | |
| a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| a short vivid experience | |
| a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| minute (adjective) | flash (adjective) |
|---|---|
| characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination | tastelessly showy |
| infinitely or immeasurably small |
| minute (verb) | flash (verb) |
|---|---|
| appear briefly | |
| emit a brief burst of light | |
| make known or cause to appear with great speed | |
| protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | |
| run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| gleam or glow intermittently | |
| display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
| expose or show briefly |
Words related to "minute"
- 60 minutes
- New York minute
- angular unit
- arcdegree
- arcminute
- arcsecond
- bit
- blink of an eye
- careful
- climax
- culmination
- degree
- distance
- eleventh hour
- flash
- heartbeat
- hour
- hr
- infinitesimal
- instant
- jiffy
- last minute
- little
- min
- minute of arc
- minuteness
- mo
- moment
- moment of truth
- narrow
- note
- pinpoint
- point
- point in time
- psychological moment
- s
- sec
- second
- small
- split second
- time
- time unit
- trice
- twinkling
- unit of time
- wink
Words related to "flash"
- Bengal light
- New York minute
- Very light
- Very-light
- appear
- belt along
- bit
- blink
- blink of an eye
- bluster
- brainstorm
- brainwave
- brassy
- bravado
- brightness
- buck
- bucket along
- bulletin
- cannonball along
- charge
- cheap
- convey
- coruscation
- cover
- dart
- dash
- display
- exhibit
- exhibitionism
- experience
- expose
- fanfare
- flare
- flash back
- flash bulb
- flash camera
- flash lamp
- flashbulb
- flasher
- flashgun
- flashing
- flashy
- flaunt
- flex
- flick
- flicker
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- gleam
- gleaming
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- happening
- hasten
- heartbeat
- heat flash
- hie
- hotfoot
- insight
- instant
- jiffy
- lamp
- lightning
- loud
- meretricious
- minute
- mo
- moment
- natural event
- news bulletin
- newsbreak
- newsflash
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ostentate
- ostentation
- patch
- pedantry
- pelt along
- photoflash
- photographic equipment
- plunge
- race
- radiate
- ritz
- rush
- rush along
- scoot
- scud
- second
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- show off
- spark
- sparkle
- speed
- split second
- splurge
- star shell
- step on it
- streak
- swank
- tacky
- tasteless
- tatty
- tawdry
- tear
- trashy
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- visual signal
- wink
- winkle
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