Major
Major adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Usage example: a major change in how science is taught in our high schools
Noteworthy and major are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Noteworthy" instead an adjective "Major".
Noteworthy
Noteworthy adjective - Worth remembering or mentioning.
Major and noteworthy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Major" instead an adjective "Noteworthy".
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- In Kamen Rider OOO, every major character gets one, but more noteworthy is that every combo has a Leitmotif which are sang by the belt.
Source: Leitmotif / Live-Action TV - Never a Self-Made Woman is one major unfortunate implication of this trope: female characters are often more noteworthy for their bloodline or for who their father was than for their own actions.
Source: Analysis / Men Act, Women Are -
Noteworthy in that it plays with and deconstructs various tropes related to the original tale, a major one being True Love's Kiss.
Source: Fairy Tale
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