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Futile vs Inconsequential - What's the difference?

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Futile is a related term of inconsequential.


As adjectives the difference between futile and inconsequential

is that futile is incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting while inconsequential is having no consequence, not consequential, of little importance.

As a noun inconsequential is

something unimportant; something that does not matter.

futile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 15, author=Marc Higginson, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham , passage=Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile .}}

    Synonyms

    * ineffectual * unavailing * vain * idle * fruitless * See also

    Antonyms

    * effectual * effective

    Related terms

    * futility * futilitarian

    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.