what's the difference between "insignificant" and "unimportant"?

?2014-07-27T10:07:44Z

insignificant carries the notion of lacking impact, effect, capacity, ability

unimportant is more an assessment, judgment, or conclusion concerning value or significance

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Dean Brust2014-07-27T11:08:48Z

In a statistical context, something that is statistically significant may or may not be important. Same for something that is not statistically significant.

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