Awesome vs Inceredible - What's the difference?
awesome | inceredible |
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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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 .”