Important
Important adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Usage example: the discovery of penicillin was a very important event in the history of medicine
Small
Small adjective - Lacking importance.
Usage example: reluctant to bring such a small matter to the boss's attention
Nearby Word: smallish
Both words in one sentence
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In James Clavell's Shogun, all of the important female characters (and not a small number of the important male characters) traveled this way when going long distances.
Source: Too Important to Walk - None of the 'worlds' is a complete planet in the sense we know, only a small piece of one (albeit, one made even smaller for the sake of only showing the important bits).
Source: It's a Small World After All -
Concepts that aren't important, or aren't native to their area, such as 'games' and 'snow', they instead use the words of other languages, usually those of the small country that they live in.
Source: Language Equals Thought
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Small or Important. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/important/small.
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