Impressive vs Substantial - What's the difference?
impressive | substantial | Related terms |
Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
Capable of being impressed.
appealing
Having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
* "to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection" - Cardinal Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
Corporeal; material; firm.
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
Most important; essential.
Ample or full.
Significantly great.
Impressive is a related term of substantial.
As adjectives the difference between impressive and substantial
is that impressive is making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene while substantial is having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.As a noun substantial is
anything having substance; an essential part.impressive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* unimpressiveDerived terms
* impressivenessAnagrams
* permissivesubstantial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A substantial amount of people in this buliding