Question

what is the
difference between
negative and minus

Answer 1

there is no difference bro

Answer 2

i dont think there is its the same

Answer 3

well i just watched a (logic) lecture where the professor stressed that the difference was important, even thought he failed to explain what is was

Answer 4

negative is a state, minus is a operator

Answer 5

they are basically the same though

Answer 6

Negative means false

Answer 7

it can be true also, if the original is false hehe

in logic, id like to think, negative as opposite direction, and minus is just a removal of some part, from the whole

Answer 8

i think ganesh is right, you can say theta squre root of a negative numbers is not defined, but you can't say that square root of minus number or minus of a numer is not defined, so you can't use negative and minus synonymously.

Answer 9

sry its that the instaed of theta in previous comment

Answer 10

so a minus requires a reference point?

Answer 11

@UnkleRhaukus yes obviously minus would require a refrence point as far as i know.

Answer 12

and in the case that no reference pint has been specified , why can't we always assume it is zero?

Answer 13

you can always assume that, but the only point i tried to make was that minus and negative can't be used interchangibly,

Answer 14

so you can't say they are the same

Answer 15

what is a single example where it matters ?

Answer 16

i want an example

Answer 17

suppose b is positive,


negative b means, b IS negative


minus b means, b is positive, but we just removing the quantity b from ?

Answer 18

from the origin-al zero

Answer 19

yes from the original zero, its a must i guess when we talk negative numbers to take 0 as reference hmm

Answer 20

minus is the actual operation of subtracting numbers. The negative sign indicates the integer. For example 5 - (-3). The - in the middle is the minus and the - in the bracket would be the negative.

You could consider them as being the same honestly.
If you look at 5 - 3, it could be re-written as 5 - (+3) and so on.