different between fruitless vs insignificant

English

Etymology

From fruit +? -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?u?tl?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?utl?s/
• Hyphenation: fruit?less

Adjective

fruitless (comparative more fruitless, superlative most fruitless)

1. Bearing no fruit; barren.
2. (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
3. (figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
4. (rare) Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.

Alternative forms

• fruitlesse (obsolete)

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:futile

Antonyms

• fruitful
• (unproductive): effective, efficacious, productive, useful

Derived terms

• fruitlessly
• fruitlessness

Translations

Anagrams

• resistful

English

Etymology

From in- (“not”) +? significant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns???n?f?k?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?sig?nif?i?cant

Adjective

insignificant (comparative more insignificant, superlative most insignificant)

1. Not significant; not important, inconsequential, or having no noticeable effect.

   Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.

2. Without meaning; not signifying anything.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insignificant

Antonyms

• significant

Derived terms

• insignificance
• insignificantly

Translations

Catalan

Adjective

insignificant (masculine and feminine plural insignificants)

1. insignificant (not important)

   Antonym: significant

Related terms

• insignificança

Further reading

• “insignificant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insignificant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “insignificant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insignificant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Adjective

insignificant m (feminine singular insignificanta, masculine plural insignificants, feminine plural insignificantas)

1. insignificant (not important)

   Antonym: significant

Related terms

• insignificança