The difference between Significantly and Way
When used as adverbs, significantly means in a significant manner or to a significant extent, whereas way means much.
Way is also interjection with the meaning: it is true.
Way is also noun with the meaning: a road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
Way is also verb with the meaning: to travel.
check bellow for the other definitions of Significantly and Way
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Significantly as an adverb:
In a significant manner or to a significant extent.
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Way as a noun:
To do with a place or places. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another. A means to enter or leave a place. A roughly-defined geographical area.
Examples:
"nowrap Do you know the way to the airport?  nowrap Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  nowrap It's a long way from here."
"We got into the cinema through the back way."
"If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me."
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Way as a noun:
A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
Examples:
"nowrap You're going about it the wrong way.  nowrap He's known for his quirky ways.  nowrap I don't like the way she looks at me."
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Way as a noun:
A state or condition
Examples:
"When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way."
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Way as a noun:
Personal interaction. Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way'). Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
Examples:
"There's no way I'm going to clean up after you."
"My little sister always whines until she gets her way."
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Way as a noun (paganism):
A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
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Way as a noun (nautical):
Speed, progress, momentum.
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Way as a noun:
A degree, an amount, a sense.
Examples:
"In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar."
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Way as a noun (US, As the head of an interjectory clause):
Examples:
"'Way to ruin the moment, guys."
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Way as a noun (plural only):
The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
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Way as a noun (plural only):
The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
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Way as a verb (obsolete):
To travel.
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Way as an adverb (informal, with comparative or modified adjective):
Much.
Examples:
"I'm way too tired to do that."
"I'm a way better singer than Emma."
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Way as an adverb (slang, with positive adjective):
Very.
Examples:
"I'm way tired"
"String theory is way cool, except for the math."
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Way as an adverb (informal):
Far.
Examples:
"I used to live way over there."
"The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill."
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Way as a noun:
The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.