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Considerable vs Negligible - What's the difference?

considerable | negligible |

As adjectives the difference between considerable and negligible

is that considerable is considerable while negligible is able to be ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.

considerable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Significant; worth considering.
  • Large in amount.
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    negligible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be ignored or excluded from consideration; too small or unimportant to be of concern.
  • We found errors, but their effects were negligible .
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini. }}

    Synonyms

    * ignorable * neglectable * trivial * See also

    Antonyms

    * important * significant * innegligible * unignorable