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Influence vs. Importance — What's the Difference?

Influence vs. Importance — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Influence and Importance

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Influence

A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort
The pervasive influence that TV has on modern life.
Young people falling under the influence of a radical philosopher.

Importance

The quality or condition of being important; significance.

Influence

Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position
Used her family's influence to get the job.

Importance

Personal status; standing
People of great importance.

Influence

A person who exerts such power
My parents considered my friend to be a bad influence on me.
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Importance

(Obsolete) Meaning; import.

Influence

A determining factor believed by some to affect individual tendencies and characteristics understood to be caused by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.

Importance

(Obsolete) Importunity.

Influence

Factors believed to be caused by the changing positions of the stars and planets in relation to their positions at the time of one's birth.

Importance

The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

Influence

To have an influence on (something); change
A news report that influenced the outcome of the election.

Importance

Significance or prominence.

Influence

To change the behavior or thinking of (someone); sway
Negative ads that are intended to influence voters.

Importance

Personal status or standing.

Influence

The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
I have absolutely no influence over him.

Importance

Something of importance.

Influence

An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
I'm not able to exercise influence over him.

Importance

The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.
Thy own importance know,Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

Influence

A person or thing exerting such power or action.
He has been a great influence on the voters during the elections.

Importance

Subject; matter.
Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature.

Influence

(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.

Importance

Import; meaning; significance.
The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow.

Influence

(obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.

Importance

Importunity; solicitation.
At our importance hither is he come.

Influence

(electricity) Electrostatic induction.

Importance

The quality of being important and worthy of note;
The importance of a well-balanced diet

Influence

(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
The politician wants to influence the public.
I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.

Importance

A prominent status;
A person of importance

Influence

(intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.

Influence

To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

Influence

A flowing in or upon; influx.
God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.

Influence

Hence, in general, the bringing about of an effect, physical or moral, by a gradual process; controlling power quietly exerted; agency, force, or tendency of any kind which affects, modifies, or sways; as, the influence which the sun exerts on animal and vegetable life; the influence of education on the mind; the influence, according to astrologers, of the stars over affairs.
Astrologers call the evil influences of the stars, evil aspects.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
She said : "Ah, dearest lord! what evil starOn you hath frown'd, and poured, his influence bad?"

Influence

Power or authority arising from elevated station, excelence of character or intellect, wealth, etc.; reputation; acknowledged ascendency; as, he is a man of influence in the community.
Such influence hath your excellency.

Influence

Induction.

Influence

To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to affect; to move; to persuade; to induce.
These experiments succeed after the same manner in vacuo as in the open air, and therefore are not influenced by the weight or pressure of the atmosphere.
This standing revelation . . . is sufficient to influence their faith and practice, if they attend.
The principle which influenced their obedience has lost its efficacy.

Influence

A power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc;
Used her parents' influence to get the job

Influence

Causing something without any direct or apparent effort

Influence

A cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do;
Her wishes had a great influence on his thinking

Influence

The effect of one thing (or person) on another;
The influence of mechanical action

Influence

One having power to influence another;
She was the most important influence in my life
He was a bad influence on the children

Influence

Have and exert influence or effect;
The artist's work influenced the young painter
She worked on her friends to support the political candidate

Influence

Shape or influence; give direction to;
Experience often determines ability
Mold public opinion

Influence

Induce into action by using one's charm;
She charmed him into giving her all his money

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