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Significance vs Innuendo - What's the difference?

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Significance is a related term of innuendo.


As nouns the difference between significance and innuendo

is that significance is the extent to which something matters; importance while innuendo is a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing an implication or insinuation.

significance

English

(wikipedia significance)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The extent to which something matters; importance
    • As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.
  • *
    • Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
  • Meaning.
    • the significance of a gesture

    See also

    * Significance level (statistics). * Statistical significance.

    innuendo

    English

    (wikipedia innuendo)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) inuendo

    Noun

  • A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication or insinuation.
    • She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
  • (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.