The difference between Import and Importance
When used as nouns, import means something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade, whereas importance means the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
Import is also verb with the meaning: to bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
check bellow for the other definitions of Import and Importance
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Import as a noun (countable):
Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
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Import as a noun (uncountable):
The practice of importing.
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Import as a noun (uncountable):
Significance, importance.
Examples:
"It was a matter of great import."
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
Examples:
"How can I import files from older versions of this application?"
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Import as a verb (intransitive):
To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To be of importance to (someone or something).
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To mean, signify.
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Import as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To express, to imply.
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Importance as a noun:
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
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Importance as a noun:
significance or prominence.
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Importance as a noun:
personal status or standing.
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Importance as a noun:
Something of importance.