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Significance vs Valuable - What's the difference?

significance | valuable |

As nouns the difference between significance and valuable

is that significance is the extent to which something matters; importance while valuable is a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.

As an adjective valuable is

having a great value.

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.

    valuable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a great value.
    • valuable gemstones
  • estimable; deserving esteem
    • a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Antonyms

    * worthless

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.