2006-08-18 09:34:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
As an expression commonly used they mean the same thing
2006-08-18 09:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by mjdp 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
taking the satments literally, there is 59 seconds of differance. but the way people use the phrases when they say them, there is no differance. except when you say wait a second to a really annoying person then they will count one thousand one and then be all like "one second is up" when you say wait a minute you get a minute before they be all obnoxious
2006-08-19 17:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by piratebunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference is 59 seconds.
2006-08-19 10:31:54 · answer #3 · answered by Irish1952 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only difference is what you are waiting a minute and holding on a second for
2006-08-18 16:49:36 · answer #4 · answered by uranus2mars 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A minute is 59 seconds longer than a second!
2006-08-18 16:40:54 · answer #5 · answered by Sherry K 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
59 seconds
2006-08-22 12:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 59 seconds....
2006-08-18 21:50:50 · answer #7 · answered by Freddie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
59
2006-08-18 16:39:58 · answer #8 · answered by casey_leftwich 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wait a minute,I think I know...Hold on! I t means to wait after someone for an undetermined short period of time...Yeah that's it!
2006-08-22 03:03:19 · answer #9 · answered by Sherluck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Literally, 59 seconds. Figuratively, nothing, the expressions mean the same thing, i.e. "hold your horses".
2006-08-18 18:35:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One is a more reasonable expectation, the other is usually too understated to be practical.
In either case, the resultant delay is almost always longer than promised and this leads to frustration, mistrust and someone not being able to call "shotgun" when they might have.
I mean, when someone comes up to you and says, "Got a minute?" You know darn well that it will almost certainly be much longer than sixty seconds. Otherwise he would have said, "Got a sec?"
Am I right?
2006-08-18 16:51:56 · answer #11 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋