Axel vs Excel - What's the difference?
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To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
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To be much better than others.
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* 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 2.
(rare) To exceed, to go beyond
* 1674 , Paradise lost, , by Milton
* XIX century , , by Emily Dickinson
As proper nouns the difference between axel and excel
is that axel is a given name derived from Germanic in quiet use since the 19th century while Excel is a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.As a noun axel
is a jump with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.As a verb excel is
to surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.excel
English
Verb
(excell)- La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If
you want enemies, excel' your friends; but if you want
friends, let your friends '''excel''' you."
Why is that true? Because when our friends '''excel''' us,
that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we ' excel
them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses
envy and jealousy.
- I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
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- If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
- She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood
- I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?
