Impactful vs Relevant - What's the difference?
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Having impact.
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* 1969 , W. James Popham, "Curriculum Materials," Review of Educational Research , vol. 39, no. 3, p. 321:
* 1982 , S. E. Taylor and S. C. Thompson, "Stalking the Elusive 'Vividness' Effect," Psychological Bulletin , vol. 89, no. 2, p. 155:
* 2001 , A. Mukherjee and W. D. Hoyer, "The Effect of Novel Attributes on Product Evaluation," The Journal of Consumer Research , vol. 28, no. 3, p. 463:
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* Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
Not out of date; current.
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* {{quote-book, year=2008, author=Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, title=Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business, publisher=McGraw-Hill, isbn=978-0071494892
, passage=Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.}}
As adjectives the difference between impactful and relevant
is that impactful is having impact while relevant is directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.impactful
English
Adjective
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- It is strongly recommended that in the future such investigations not be reported in the literature unless they are designed to test the effects of some hopefully impactful treatment variation.
- Everyone knows that vividly presented information is impactful and persuasive.
- A dominant finding in psychology and consumer behavior has been that negative information is more impactful than positive information.
Usage notes
* Proscribed by some authorities, who recommend “influential” or “effective” instead. Alternatively, one may rephrase to “have an impact” or “have a strong impact”. However, many usages can be found, particularly in business and education as well as in journalism and academic writing. * Usage is more common in the US.Synonyms
* effectual, impactiveDerived terms
* impactfully * impactfulnessReferences
Historical usage frequency at Google books
relevant
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(wikipedia relevant)Adjective
(en adjective)- His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
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