different between importance vs nabob

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French importance, from Medieval Latin importantia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t?ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?p??t?ns/, [-?n?s]

Noun

importance (countable and uncountable, plural importances)

1. The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
2. significance or prominence.
3. personal status or standing.
4. Something of importance.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin importantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p??.t??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

importance f (plural importances)

1. importance
2. significance

Related terms

• important

Further reading

• “importance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• comprenait

English

Etymology

In colloquial usage in English since 1612, from Urdu ????? (nav?b), from Persian [Term?], from Arabic ???????? (nuww?b), the honorific plural of ??????? (n??ib, “deputy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne?b?b/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?b?b/

Noun

nabob (plural nabobs)

1. (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.

   Synonym: nawab

2. (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.

   Synonyms: tycoon, magnate
3. (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

Derived terms

• Nob Hill (“neighborhood in San Francisco”)

Related terms

• nawab

Translations

References

• Nabobs: A Study of the Social Life of the English in the Eighteenth-Century, Percival Spear, Oxford University Press, London 1938; New Edition OUP, USA: 1998.
• Durham's Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, David L. Durham, Quill Driver Books, California: 2000.

Further reading

• Nabob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nabob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)