Remarkable vs Momentous - What's the difference?
remarkable | momentous |
Worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary.
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Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.
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As adjectives the difference between remarkable and momentous
is that remarkable is worthy of being remarked or noticed; noticeable; conspicuous; hence, uncommon; extraordinary while momentous is outstanding in importance, of great consequence.remarkable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
- [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
- "'Tis remarkable , that they talk most who have the least to say." -Prior.
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Synonyms
* eminent * extraordinary * notable * noticeable * observable * outstanding * rare * strange * unusual * wonderfulAntonyms
* unremarkableDerived terms
* remarkableness * remarkablymomentous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The reason why I did not publish this book till the end of the last sessions of parliament was, because I did not care to interfere with more momentous affairs.
- "It has been a momentous month, and I hope we shall all retain healthful recollections of it as long as we live."
- What to the other parties was merely the sale of a ship was to him a momentous event involving a radically new view of existence.
Inferior Design," New York Times (retrieved 19 Nov 2013):
- Natural selection is arguably the most momentous idea ever to occur to a human mind, because it — alone as far as we know — explains the elegant illusion of design that pervades the living kingdoms and explains, in passing, us.