Awesome vs Spectacular - What's the difference?
awesome | spectacular |
Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
(colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
The quality, state, or essence of being or cool; awesomeness.
* 2011 , Gwen Hayes, Let Me Call You Sweetheart , Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (2011), ISBN 9781609284619,
* 2011 , Kevin Seccia, Punching Tom Hanks: Dropkicking Gorillas and Pummeling Zombified Ex-Presidents—A Guide to Beating Up Anything , St. Martin's Press (2011), ISBN 9780312643744,
* 2013 , Carrie Jones, Captivate , Bloomsbury (2010), ISBN 9781599903422,
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Amazing or worthy of special notice
(dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment
* G. Hickes
* {{quote-news, 1910, August 21, Andre Tridon, Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade, The New York Times
, passage=Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.}}
Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
A spectacular display.
* 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
As adjectives the difference between awesome and spectacular
is that awesome is causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement while spectacular is amazing or worthy of special notice.As nouns the difference between awesome and spectacular
is that awesome is the quality, state, or essence of being awesome or cool; awesomeness while spectacular is a spectacular display.awesome
English
(wikipedia awesome)Adjective
(en adjective)- The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight .
- The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.
- That was awesome !
- Awesome, dude!
Usage notes
The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English, originally from America. As the original meaning of awesome'' has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term ''awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.Synonyms
* (causing awe or terror) see * (excellent) excellent, super, phenomenal, fantastic, terrific; wicked, bang-up, cool, sweet (slang or informal); chur, cher (New Zealand)Derived terms
* awesomely * awesomeness * awesomestNoun
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- Plus, her patent leather boots were made of awesome . They made her legs look longer and leaner.
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- Swayze, of course, is the being of pure awesome who has by now conquered all of Heaven.
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- “Your grandmother,” he mumbles into my hair as we cuddle on the couch, “is made of awesome .”
Synonyms
* awesome sauce (Internet slang)Antonyms
* fail (slang), weaksauce (slang)spectacular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The parachutists were spectacular .
- the merely spectacular
- Spectacular sports.
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Derived terms
* spectacularly * unspectacularExternal links
* *Noun
(en noun)- Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.
