minuscule vs miniscule
minuscule
Definitions
adjective
- of or relating to a small cursive script developed from uncial; 7th to 9th centuries
- extremely small
- lowercase
noun
- the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
- a small cursive script developed from uncial between the 7th and 9th centuries and used in medieval manuscripts
Examples
Mrs Scott went across as a minuscule Great Lady - they should have seen Mrs Van L as she set off this morning!
The oil is trapped in minuscule cells of porous subsurface rocks in so-called sedimentary basins.
The odds against bringing it back upstream, through the tangle of brambles and nettles and against such a flow, were minuscule.
miniscule
Definitions
adjective
- extremely small
Examples
You can tell because the Muslim-is-terrorist rate is miniscule, and is probably not distinguishable from the Christian-is-terrorist rate.
He spends his days stealing beer and cigarettes to numb the boredom of life in the miniscule, snowbound village he has grown up in.
The neo-fascists and white supremacists organized in groups like Hale's ‘Creativity’ movement are miniscule in number.
