Important vs. Crucial — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Important and Crucial
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Definitions
Important
Strongly affecting the course of events or the nature of things; significant
An important message that must get through.
Close friends who are important to me.
Crucial
Extremely significant or important
"Infancy ... is now understood as a crucial building block of human personality" (Anne Roiphe).
Important
Having high social rank or influence; prominent
Government leaders and other important people.
Crucial
Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome
A crucial moment in the political campaign.
Important
Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position or authority; authoritative
Recited the decree with an important air.
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Crucial
(Archaic) Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.
Important
(Obsolete) Importunate.
Crucial
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
The battle of Tali-Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial moments in the history of Finland.
A secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower.
Important
Having relevant and crucial value.
It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience.
Crucial
(archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
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Important
(obsolete) Pompous; self-important.
Crucial
Very good; excellent; particularly applied to reggae music.
Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton.
Important
Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious.
Thou hast strength as muchAs serves to execute a mind very important.
Crucial
Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.
Important
Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing; significant; weighty.
Things small as nothing . . . He makes important.
Crucial
Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.
Important
Bearing on; forcible; driving.
He fiercely at him flew,And with important outrage him assailed.
Crucial
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis;
A crucial moment in his career
A crucial election
A crucial issue for women
Important
Importunate; pressing; urgent.
Crucial
Having crucial relevance;
Crucial to the case
Relevant testimony
Important
Of great significance or value;
Important people
The important questions of the day
Crucial
Of the greatest importance;
The all-important subject of disarmament
Crucial information
In chess cool nerves are of the essence
Important
Important in effect or meaning;
A significant change in tax laws
A significant change in the Constitution
A significant contribution
Significant details
Statistically significant
Crucial
Having the power or quality of deciding;
The crucial experiment
Cast the deciding vote
The determinative (or determinant) battle
Important
Of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis;
A crucial moment in his career
A crucial election
A crucial issue for women
Important
Having authority or ascendancy or influence;
An important official
The captain's authoritative manner
Important
Having or suggesting a consciousness of high position;
Recited the decree with an important air
Took long important strides in the direction of his office
