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Pivotal vs Overriding - What's the difference?

pivotal | overriding |

As an adjective pivotal

is of, relating to, or being a pivot.

As a verb overriding is

present participle of lang=en.

pivotal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
  • Being of crucial importance; central, key.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Globalisation is about taxes too , passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}

    overriding

    English

    Verb

    (head)