Words for Minor Details

Not everything is central to the main point, and these five words help you say that clearly.

This quiz covers ancillary, cursory, extraneous, nominal, and tangential, words used to describe things that are minor, secondary, or beside the point. They're useful in academic writing, business communication, and any situation where you need to separate what matters from what doesn't.

Pro Tip: extraneous means completely unrelated to the subject; tangential means barely related, touching it only at the periphery.