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Significance vs. Importance

Significance and Importance Definitions

Significance

The state or quality of being significant
A matter of some significance.

Importance

The quality or condition of being important; significance.

Significance

A meaning that is expressed or implied
What was the significance of that smile?.

Importance

Personal status; standing
People of great importance.

Significance

The extent to which something matters; importance
As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.

Importance

(Obsolete) Meaning; import.
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Significance

Meaning.
The significance of a gesture

Importance

(Obsolete) Importunity.

Significance

The quality or state of being significant.

Importance

The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

Significance

That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.

Importance

Significance or prominence.
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Significance

Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give significancy and value to the few facts which I possess.

Importance

Personal status or standing.

Significance

The quality of being significant;
Do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power

Importance

Something of importance.

Significance

A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
The significance of his remark became clear only later
The expectation was spread both by word and by implication

Importance

The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
Thy own importance know,Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.
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Significance

The message that is intended or expressed or signified;
What is the meaning of this sentence
The significance of a red traffic light
The signification of Chinese characters
The import of his announcement was ambigtuous

Importance

Subject; matter.
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.

Importance

Import; meaning; significance.
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow.

Importance

Importunity; solicitation.
At our importance hither is he come.

Importance

The quality of being important and worthy of note;
The importance of a well-balanced diet

Importance

A prominent status;
A person of importance

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