Paramount vs Salient - What's the difference?
paramount | salient |
Supreme; highest; chief.
* (Francis Bacon)
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 Of the highest importance.
Worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.
Prominent; conspicuous.
* Bancroft
(heraldry, usually of a quadruped) Depicted in a leaping posture.
Projecting outwards, pointing outwards.
(obsolete) Moving by leaps or springs; jumping.
* Sir Thomas Browne
(obsolete) Shooting out up; springing; projecting.
* Burke
(military) an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense
As adjectives the difference between paramount and salient
is that paramount is supreme; highest; chief while salient is worthy of note; pertinent or relevant.As a noun salient is
an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense.paramount
English
Adjective
(-)- A traitor paramount .
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
Synonyms
* highest * utmostExternal links
* * *salient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.
- He [Grenville] had neither salient traits, nor general comprehensiveness of mind.
- a lion salient
- a salient angle
- frogs and salient animals
- He had in himself a salient , living spring of generous and manly action.