unit of time vs minute

minute vs unit of time

unit of time and minute both are nouns.

unit of time is not an adjective while minute is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
unit of time	Yes	No	No	No
minute	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

unit of time: a unit for measuring time periods
minute: a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

Other hyponyms of unit of time include 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours, night, mean solar time, mean time, ephemeris time, TDT, terrestrial dynamical time, terrestrial time, TT, month, day, sidereal day, bell, ship's bell, 60 minutes, hour, hr, 30 minutes, half-hour, 15 minutes, quarter-hour, min, quarter, s, sec, second, attosecond, femtosecond, picosecond, nanosecond, microsecond, millisecond, msec, yuga, Maha-Yuga, Mahayuga.

unit of time (noun)	minute (noun)
a unit for measuring time periods	distance measured by the time taken to cover it
	a short note
	a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
	a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
	an indefinitely short time
	a particular point in time

unit of time (adjective)	minute (adjective)
	characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
	infinitely or immeasurably small

Difference between unit of time and minute

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