different between symptomatic vs significant

English

Alternative forms

• symptomatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (sumpt?matikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a symptom”); see symptom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?s?mp.t??mæt.?k/

Adjective

symptomatic (comparative more symptomatic, superlative most symptomatic)

1. (medicine) Showing symptoms.
   • 2009, Stephen J. Ettinger, Edward C. Feldman, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (page 9)

     It is important to observe symptomatic cats out of the carrier, on the floor in a safe, escape-proof room. Swelling, heat, and pain in one or more joints can explain many signs, including lameness, malaise, and fever.

2. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.

   The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

   • 1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution

     Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.
3. (medicine) Relating to symptomatics

Antonyms

• asymptomatic

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• symptomatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• symptomatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???n?.f?.k?nt/

• (US, also) IPA^(key): /s???n?.f?.??nt/

Adjective

significant (comparative more significant, superlative most significant)

1. Signifying something; carrying meaning.

   Synonym: meaningful

   • It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.
2. Having a covert or hidden meaning.
3. Having a noticeable or major effect.

   Synonym: notable
4. Reasonably large in number or amount.
5. (statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).

Usage notes

• This word may be ambiguous in some situations. In formal writing, care should be taken with comments such as "the difference is significant," because it is not clear without contextual clues whether significant modifies the fact that there is a difference ("notable"), or the difference itself ("large in number or amount"). In some such situations, large and other synonyms may be used in its place.

Synonyms

• important

Antonyms

• insignificant
• ignorable
• negligible
• slight

Related terms

• significance
• significand
• significant other
• signify

Translations

Noun

significant (plural significants)

1. That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
   • a. 1850, William Wordsworth, The Egyptian Maid

     And in my glass significants there are

References

significant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Verb

significant

1. present participle of significar

Latin

Verb

significant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of signific?