Crucial vs Worthwhile - What's the difference?
crucial | worthwhile |
Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
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Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
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Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
As adjectives the difference between crucial and worthwhile
is that crucial is being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important while worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.crucial
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Adjective
(en adjective)Nicole Vulser
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Derived terms
* crucial experimentReferences
worthwhile
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Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .