Tertiary vs Unimportant - What's the difference?
tertiary | unimportant |
Of third rank or order; subsequent.
(chemistry) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals.
(zoology, of quills) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial.
A tertiary feather.
A member of a Roman Catholic third order - the Franciscans, Dominicans and Carmelites among others.
As adjectives the difference between tertiary and unimportant
is that tertiary is (geology) of or pertaining to the first part of the cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared while unimportant is petty; not important or noteworthy.As a proper noun tertiary
is (geology) the first part of the cenozoic era when modern flora and mammals appeared.tertiary
English
Adjective
(-)- a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt