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Valuable vs Crucial - What's the difference?

valuable | crucial |

As adjectives the difference between valuable and crucial

is that valuable is having a great value while crucial is being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.

As a noun valuable

is a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.

valuable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a great value.
    • valuable gemstones
  • estimable; deserving esteem
    • a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion

    Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    Antonyms

    * worthless

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.

    • crucial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-07, author= Nicole Vulser
    • , volume=190, issue=13, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies , passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial , but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}
  • (label) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
  • Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.

    • Derived terms

    * crucial experiment

    Related terms

    * cross * crux

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