Importance
Importance noun - The quality or state of being important.
Tendency and importance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Importance".
Tendency
Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.
Importance and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Importance" instead a noun "Tendency".
How words are described
| good | good importance | good tendency |
| high | high importance | high tendency |
| low | low importance | low tendency |
| particular | particular importance | particular tendency |
| Other adjectives: similar, heavy, small, real, extreme, great, little, new, general, apparent, less, greater, growing, strange, increasing, perceived, higher, cultural. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In a cast with many characters or a Five-Man Band, there is a tendency to give any female character of importance a male character to thank for her position.
Source: Never a Self-Made Woman -
Although some have noticed a tendency, regardless of other circumstances, for the lethality of phasers to be inversely proportional to the importance of the character they're being fired at.
Source: As Lethal as It Needs to Be -
Of course the members of the committee have a tendency to act like every last one of these committees is of the utmost importance.
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