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Significant vs Significative - What's the difference?

significant | significative |

As adjectives the difference between significant and significative

is that significant is signifying something; carrying meaning while significative is that tends to signify or indicate; indicative.

As a noun significant

is that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

significant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Signifying something; carrying meaning.
    • a significant''' word or sound; a '''significant look
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant , but not efficient.
  • Having a covert or hidden meaning.
  • Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.
    • That was a significant step in the right direction.
    The First World War was a significant event.
  • Reasonably large in number or amount.
  • (statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).

    • Related terms

    * significance * significant other * signify

    Synonyms

    * important

    Antonyms

    * insignificant * ignorable * negligible * slight

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
    • (Wordsworth)
  • * Shakespeare
    • In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    significative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (usually followed by of) That tends to signify or indicate; indicative
  • * Brerewood
    • The holy symbols or signs are not barely significative .
  • That has meaning or significance; significant
  • * Camden
    • Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words.

    Derived terms

    * significatively * significativeness ----