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Adequate vs Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - What's the difference?

adequate | supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |

As adjectives the difference between adequate and supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

is that adequate is while supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is fantastic, very wonderful.

adequate

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.
  • * De Quincey
    • Ireland had no adequate champion.
  • * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House
    • All day, as I drove upon my round, I turned over the case in my mind and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate .

    Antonyms

    * inadequate

    Verb

    (adequat)
  • (obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.
    • (Fotherby)
  • (obsolete) To equal.
    • It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. — Shelford.

    supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

    English

    (wikipedia supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fantastic, very wonderful
  • * {{quote-video
    • , date = 1964-08-27 , title = , people = Julie Andrews , role = Mary Poppins , passage = It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2010-03-15 , title = The Beautiful People and Other Aggravations , first = Rose Madeline , last = Mula , location = Gretna , publisher = Pelican Publishing , isbn = 9781589806887 , ol = 24521586M , page = 91 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=aqb3OYAzq1kC&pg=PA91&dq=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious , passage = By comparison with the present transcribers, I'm sure my performance would be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2011 , title = I Ain't Done Yet , first = Mary B. , last = Allberry , location = Victoria , publisher = FriesenPress , isbn = 9781770677036 , ol = 25422249M , page = 91 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=gq8tGscHXvYC&pg=PA91&dq=supercalifragilisticexpialidocious , passage = This is a real biggie so pay attention—I still pinch myself occasionally to even believe I did this; it was supercalifragilisticexpialidocious . }}