Difference between Atomic and Minute

What is the difference between Atomic and Minute?

Atomic as an adjective is of, or relating to atoms while Minute as an adjective is very small.

Atomic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, or relating to atoms Of, or employing nuclear energy or processes Infinitesimally small Unable to be split or made any smaller Said of an operation that is guaranteed to either complete fully, or not at all.

Example sentence: We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.

Minute

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.A short but unspecified time period.A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.(in plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Very small.very careful and exact, giving small details.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

Example sentence: I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'

We hope you now know whether to use Atomic or Minute in your sentence.

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