Tangible vs Significant - What's the difference?
tangible | significant |
Touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#Noun, touch; palpable.
Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.
Signifying something; carrying meaning.
* Sir Walter Raleigh
Having a covert or hidden meaning.
Having a noticeable or major effect; notable.
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).
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
* Shakespeare
As adjectives the difference between tangible and significant
is that tangible is touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#noun|touch; palpable while significant is signifying something; carrying meaning.As nouns the difference between tangible and significant
is that tangible is real or concrete results while significant is that which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.tangible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* real * palpable * touchAnagrams
* * ----significant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a significant''' word or sound; a '''significant look
- It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant , but not efficient.
- That was a significant step in the right direction.
- The First World War was a significant event.
Synonyms
* importantAntonyms
* insignificant * ignorable * negligible * slightNoun
(en noun)- (Wordsworth)
- In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts.