minor-league vs small-scale

minor-league

adj
  • Of relatively minor importance 

  • Of or pertaining to a minor league 

small-scale

adj
  • Having a modest scope or extent. 

  • Concerning a lower order of magnitude rather than a higher one. 

  • Drawn or constructed at a small size (at low scale), without much detail. 

How often have the words minor-league and small-scale occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )