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Significate vs Significance - What's the difference?

significate | significance |

As nouns the difference between significate and significance

is that significate is one of several things signified by a common term while significance is the extent to which something matters; importance.

significate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (logic) One of several things signified by a common term.
    • (Whately)

    Related terms

    * significand * signified (Webster 1913) ----

    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.