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Forcible vs Significant - What's the difference?

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Forcible is a related term of significant.


As adjectives the difference between forcible and significant

is that forcible is able to be forced while significant is signifying something; carrying meaning.

As a noun significant is

that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

forcible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be forced.
  • Having force.
  • * Bible, Job vi. 2
  • How forcible are right words!
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Sweet smells are most forcible in dry substances, when broken.
  • * Hooker
  • That punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin.
  • Done by force. Oxford American Dictionaries (MacBook widget)
  • * 2008 , U.S. Department of Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States
  • Forcible rape, as defined in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, is the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Attempts or assaults to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.
  • Having a powerful effect; telling
  • References

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    significant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Signifying something; carrying meaning.
  • a significant''' word or sound; a '''significant look
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
  • It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant , but not efficient.
  • Having a covert or hidden meaning.
  • Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.
  • That was a significant step in the right direction.
    The First World War was a significant event.
  • Reasonably large in number or amount.
  • (statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
  • Synonyms

    * important

    Antonyms

    * insignificant * ignorable * negligible * slight

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
  • (Wordsworth)
  • * Shakespeare
  • In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
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