Cachet vs Importance - What's the difference?
cachet | importance |
(archaic) A seal, as of a letter.
A special characteristic or quality; prestige.
* 1993 , Bruce Quarrie, Waffen-SS Soldier: 1940-45 ,
* 2005 , David Horowitz, The Shadow Party ,
* 2010 , Peter H. Gleick, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water ,
* 2010 , Maryjean Wall, How Kentucky Became Southern ,
(philately) A commemorative stamped design or inscription on an envelope, other than a cancellation or pre-printed postage.
* 2011 , Jerry Lewis Champion Jr., The Fading Voices of Alcatraz ,
A sealed envelope containing an item whose price is being negotiated.
* 2011 , Alicia Oltuski, Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds, Family, and a Way of Life ,
A capsule containing a pharmaceutical preparation.
* 1907 , Pharmaceutical Journal , Volume 79,
* 1915 , American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record , Volume 63,
A hidden location from which one can observe birds while remaining unseen.
* 1901 , Henry Seebohm, The Birds of Siberia , 2011,
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
significance or prominence
personal status or standing
As nouns the difference between cachet and importance
is that cachet is (archaic) a seal, as of a letter while importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.cachet
English
Noun
(en noun)- I remember when this diner was a quiet hangout, but lately it seems to be losing its cachet .
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- In fact, within the Waffen-SS as a whole, the carrying of a personal weapon such as a pistol or a submachine-gun in addition to or instead of the issue rifle became something of a cachet .
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- He told Bai, "When you go out and talk to them, people are much more interested in something like MoveOn.org than in the Democratic Party. It has cachet'. There is no ' cachet in the Democratic Party."
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- This class of bottled water dominates the U.S. market and consumers seem to prefer the cachet of spring water to processed municipal waters.
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- Men like Jerome, Belmont, and Travers thought they would accomplish this by lending their social approval and cachet to the sport, thereby giving it the appearance of wholesomeness.
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- The Alcatraz pelican cachet' turned out to have a unique history of its own which had been lost over the years. Master ' cachet designer and artist John Coulthard (1903-1966) of 17 Elm Street Modesto, California, was the creator of the stamp.
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- The most romantic rite of bargaining is the cachet'; even its name suggests a thrilling secrecy. The ' cachet is used when a broker negotiates the sale of a diamond.
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- In order to facilitate taking by the patient, powders are often ordered to be dispensed in cachets .
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- One cachet on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, a second in one and a half hours, a third in one hour afterwards, and a fourth two hours later.
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- On my way back to my cachet I met another party of reed-buntings, one of which I bagged; then I sat in my hiding-place for an hour, waiting for geese that never came within range.