Hefty vs Important - What's the difference?
hefty | important |
heavy
strong, bulky
(of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.
impressive, mighty
Having relevant and crucial value.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
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*:For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.
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As adjectives the difference between hefty and important
is that hefty is heavy while important is important.hefty
English
Adjective
(er)- She carries a hefty backpack full of books.
- They use some hefty bolts to hold up road signs.
- He was a tall, hefty man.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "hefty" is often applied: price tag, premium, profit, price, penalty, fine, portion, salary, gain, increase, amount, sum, check, fee.important
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
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Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}