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Significance vs Meaningful - What's the difference?

significance | meaningful |

As a noun significance

is the extent to which something matters; importance.

As an adjective meaningful is

having meaning, significant.

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.

    meaningful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having meaning, significant.
  • I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.}}

    Antonyms

    * meaningless

    Derived terms

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