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Criticality vs Importance - What's the difference?

criticality | importance |

As nouns the difference between criticality and importance

is that criticality is the state of being critical while importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

criticality

English

Noun

(wikipedia criticality) (criticalities)
  • The state of being critical
  • (education) A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.
  • (physics) The point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining

    • Related terms

    * criticalness

    Derived terms

    * criticality accident * criticality matrix * dry criticality * wet criticality * recriticality

    importance

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
  • significance or prominence
  • personal status or standing