Momentary vs Momentous (Learn with trick)

Momentary vs Momentous
These words are taken from the same root, moment; these words are of the same category, adjective. But still they mean different thing.

Momentary is an adjective.

• It means something that lasts for a few seconds.
• brief, lasting for a very short time.

Momentary in sentence:

1. Brain injury brings her a momentary loss of consciousness.
2. The announcement caused momentary confusion among the passengers.
3. There was a momentary silence.
4. She gave her a momentary glimpse.

Momentous is an adjective.

• very important: having great or lasting importance
• If you refer to a decision, event, or change as momentous, you mean that it is very important, often because of the effects that it will have in the future.

Momentous in sentence:

1. The momentous power in his art is its ability to draw the public together in collective awe.
2. My marriage was a momentous day in my life.
3. The past three years have been among the most momentous in world history.

Mind Trick
Momentary and momentous are taken from the same word, i.e, moment. A moment lasts for few seconds and a moment may be very important.
Momentary is pronounced like Temporary; both of them mean to stay for few seconds. Momentary means temporary. With the help of the word temporary, as both the words carry adjective suffix "ary" at its end, we can learn the word momentary, and it also helps us differentiate the words momentary and momentous.

In a nutshell
Momentary means to stay for few seconds.
Momentous means very important.
These words taken from the same root word, i.e, moment.
A moment can be of great value with a life of few seconds.

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