Pivotal vs Prominent - What's the difference?
pivotal | prominent |
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= Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Eminent; distinguished above others.
As adjectives the difference between pivotal and prominent
is that pivotal is of, relating to, or being a pivot while prominent is standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.pivotal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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 […].}}