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Importance vs Eminence - What's the difference?

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Importance is a related term of eminence.


As nouns the difference between importance and eminence

is that importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note while eminence is importance, notoriety.

importance

English

Noun

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

    • eminence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone of high rank, reputation or social station
  • the quality or state of being eminent
  • prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem
  • (geology) an elevated land area or a hill
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy :
    • From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
  • (anatomy) a protuberance

    • Synonyms

    * distinction * prominence * renown * celebrity

    Derived terms

    * Eminence (your Eminence ), title of honor for a cardinal

    External links

    (wikipedia eminence)