Difference between Outstanding and Salient

What is the difference between Outstanding and Salient?

Outstanding as an adjective is prominent or noticeable; standing out from others while Salient as an adjective is prominent, worthy of note; pertinent or relevant

Outstanding

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: prominent or noticeable; standing out from others distinguished from others by its superiority projecting outwards unresolved; not settled or finished owed as a debt

Example sentence: The origin of life is one of the great outstanding mysteries of science.

Salient

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an outwardly projecting part of a fortification, trench system, or line of defense

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: prominent, worthy of note; pertinent or relevantDepicted in a leaping posture.

We hope you now know whether to use Outstanding or Salient in your sentence.

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