Difference between Minuscule and Lowercase

What is the difference between Minuscule and Lowercase?

Minuscule as a noun is a lower-case letter. while Lowercase as a noun is the minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, a, b, c).

Minuscule

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A lower-case letter. Any of the two medieval handwriting styles minuscule cursive and Caroline minuscule. A letter in these styles.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Written in minuscules, lower-case. Written in minuscule handwriting style. Very small, tiny.

Lowercase

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: in lower case

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The minuscule or small letters (a, b, c, as opposed to the uppercase or capital letters, A, B, C).

We hope you now know whether to use Minuscule or Lowercase in your sentence.

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