WordCmp.com

subtlety vs significance

significance vs subtlety

subtlety and significance both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
subtlety Yes No No No
significance Yes No No No
As nouns, significance is a hypernym of subtlety; that is, significance is a word with a broader meaning than subtlety:
  • subtlety: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
  • significance: the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Other hypernyms of subtlety include import, meaning, signification.
subtlety (noun) significance (noun)
the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze the quality of being significant
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Difference between subtlety and significance

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.