significance vs import

significance and import both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
significance	Yes	No	No	No
import	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, import is a hyponym of significance; that is, import is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than significance:

Other hyponyms of significance include historicalness, meaningfulness, consequence, moment.

As nouns, significance and import are synonyms defined as:

significance and import: a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

Other synonyms of significance include implication.

As nouns, significance and import are synonyms defined as:

significance and import: the message that is intended or expressed or signified

Other synonyms of significance include meaning, signification.

significance (noun)	import (noun)
the quality of being significant	commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred	having important effects or influence
the message that is intended or expressed or signified	a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
	the message that is intended or expressed or signified
	an imported person brought from a foreign country

significance (verb)	import (verb)
	indicate or signify
	bring in from abroad
	transfer (electronic data) into a database or document