diplomatic vs minute

diplomatic

noun
  • The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography. 

adj
  • Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments. 

  • describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus 

  • Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries. 

  • Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic. 

minute

noun
  • A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting. 

  • A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. 

  • An old coin, a half farthing. 

  • A nautical or a geographic mile. 

  • A short but unspecified time period. 

  • A point in time; a moment. 

  • A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour). 

  • A fixed part of a module. 

  • A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network. 

  • A while or a long unspecified period of time 

verb
  • To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of. 

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

adj
  • Very small. 

  • Very careful and exact, giving small details. 

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