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"... not A but B" vs. "... B but not A"

The point is not urgency but importance. The point is importance but not urgency. Normally, we use the first construction. It feels that the second sentence h

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"... not A but B" vs. "... B but not A"

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The point is not urgency but importance.

The point is importance but not urgency.

Normally, we use the first construction. It feels that the second sentence has a somewhat different meaning. Is this indeed so, or do they in fact have same meaning?

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