MAJOR AND MINOR

Have you ever had a computer problem where you work very hard at something but your computer breaks down or fails to save your work? I still remember a time when I was in college, I spent days working on a final research paper. For some reason, just when I was proofreading my work on my computer, something terrible happened and I lost everything! I was so angry at my computer and scared that I wouldn't have time to redo this paper. After wasting a few hours crying, I started it again, stayed up all night, and managed to finish it. At that time it was a very serious and big problem. It was a MAJOR problem. But now when I think back, it was not as serious as I had thought. It was quite MINOR compared to many other things in life.

Can you guess the meaning of MAJOR and MINOR? It distinguishes something between serious or less serious, important or less important.

Let's talk about MAJOR and MINOR as adjectives. Place it in front of nouns to describe whether something is serious or not so serious.
MAJOR = serious, important, great in size (major exam, major sponsor, major client, major storm)
MINOR = not serious, less important (minor headache, minor issue, minor argument)

You might think a MAJOR problem is a terrible haircut, but someone else might think that's just a MINOR problem because hair will grow back in no time. This is an idiom we use to mean very quickly/ very soon ( "Don't worry, you'll feel better in no time.")

MAJOR and MINOR can also be used in the field of education as a noun. A college MAJOR is the main subject that you study in college. It is your main focus or concentration in school. A college MINOR is another subject that you might study in college but is less intensive than your chosen MAJOR. A student could select business as a MAJOR and economics as a MINOR.

Have you ever had a MAJOR problem that other people considered as MINOR?