Difference between Immaterial and Unimportant

What is the difference between Immaterial and Unimportant?

Immaterial as an adjective is having no matter or substance. while Unimportant as an adjective is petty; not important or noteworthy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having no matter or substance. Irrelevant.

Example sentence: Genre is a useful thing when organizing texts in a bookshop but immaterial to the particular exchange between writer and reader.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: petty; not important or noteworthy

Example sentence: Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

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