Difference between Immaterial and Irrelevant

What is the difference between Immaterial and Irrelevant?

Immaterial as an adjective is having no matter or substance. while Irrelevant as an adjective is not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected

Immaterial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having no matter or substance. Irrelevant.

Example sentence: Our economy's growth functions by inciting us to produce more and more with each passing year. In turn, we require cultural forms to enable us to sort through the glut, and our rituals are once again directed towards the immaterial, towards quality and not quantity.

Irrelevant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected

Example sentence: I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!

We hope you now know whether to use Immaterial or Irrelevant in your sentence.

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