【Importance】 , 【consequence】 ,  【moment】 ,  【weight】 ,  【significance】 ,  【import】  are comparable when they denote the quality or the character or the state of someone or something that impresses others as of great or sometimes eminent worth, value, or influence.

【Importance】 , probably the most inclusive of these terms, implies a judgment of the mind by which superior value or influence is ascribed to a person or thing.

【Consequence】  (see also EFFECT ) is often used interchangeably with  【importance】  especially in implying superior social rank or distinction <men of  【consequence】 >  but it usually implies 【importance】 because of the thing’s possible or probable outcome, effects, or results.

【Moment】 implies conspicuous or self-evident 【consequence】 .

【Weight】 implies a judgment of the relatively great 【importance】 or of the particular 【moment】 of the thing under consideration.

【Significance】  and  【import】  are often used as though they were indistinguishable in meaning from  【importance】  or  【consequence】 , but they typically imply a quality or character in a person or thing which ought to mark it as of 【importance】 or 【consequence】 but which may or may not be recognized; thus, one may miss the  【significance】  of an occurrence; one may recognize the  【import】 of a piece of testimony.