different between importance vs tapinosis

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

Borrowed from Latin tap?n?sis (“depreciation”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (tapeín?sis, “lowering”), from ???????? (tapeinós, “low”)

Noun

tapinosis (plural tapinoses)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

Synonyms

• (rhetoric): abbaser, meiosis

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

• pianoists