Meaningful vs Worthwhile - What's the difference?
meaningful | worthwhile | Synonyms |
Having meaning, significant.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 9
, author=Owen Phillips
, title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
, work=BBC Sport
Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
As adjectives the difference between meaningful and worthwhile
is that meaningful is having meaning, significant while worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.meaningful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.
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Antonyms
* meaninglessDerived terms
* * * * *worthwhile
English
Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .