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Immaterial vs Inconsequential - What's the difference?

immaterial | inconsequential |

As adjectives the difference between immaterial and inconsequential

is that immaterial is having no matter or substance while inconsequential is having no consequence, not consequential, of little importance.

As a noun inconsequential is

something unimportant; something that does not matter.

immaterial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having no matter or substance.
    • Because ghosts are immaterial , they can pass through walls.
  • Irrelevant.
    • Objection, Your Honour! The defendant's criminal record is immaterial to this case.

    Antonyms

    * material

    inconsequential

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having no consequence, not consequential, of little importance.
    • You will never know the exact atomic time when you started reading this phrase; of course, that's inconsequential .

    Synonyms

    * unimportant * negligible * trivial * trifling * See also

    Derived terms

    * inconsequentiality * inconsequentially * inconsequentialness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something unimportant; something that does not matter.