Difference between Instant and Minute

What is the difference between Instant and Minute?

Instant as a noun is a very short period of time; a moment. while Minute as a noun is a unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.

Instant

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A very short period of time; a moment. A single, usually precise, point in time. An instant beverage or food, especially instant coffee. The current month (abbreviated as: inst.)

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: At once; immediately.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Impending; imminent. Urgent; pressing; acute. Occurring immediately; immediate; present. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived. Very quickly and easily prepared (food or drink), for example instant coffee. Of the current month (abbreviation inst.)

Example sentence: Laughter is an instant vacation.

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 Instant or Minute in your sentence.

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