Significant vs Materially - What's the difference?
significant | materially |
Signifying something; carrying meaning.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
Having a covert or hidden meaning.
Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.
Reasonably large in number or amount.
(statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
* Shakespeare
In a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
* 1894 , United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
To a significant degree.
* 1839 , Robley Dunglison, Dunglison's American medical library
As an adjective significant
is signifying something; carrying meaning.As a noun significant
is that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.As an adverb materially is
in a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.significant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a significant''' word or sound; a '''significant look
- It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant , but not efficient.
- That was a significant step in the right direction.
- The First World War was a significant event.
Synonyms
* importantAntonyms
* insignificant * ignorable * negligible * slightNoun
(en noun)- (Wordsworth)
- In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
materially
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
- In cases of extreme thickening of the coats of the stomach, of a scirrhoid character, where the suffering patients are almost worn out with constant pain, such remedies, applied over the epigastrium, most materially alleviate the distress.