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Celebrated vs Extraordinary - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between celebrated and extraordinary

is that celebrated is famous or widely praised for good works while extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

As a verb celebrated

is past tense of celebrate.

celebrated

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • famous or widely praised for good works
    • She became a celebrated actress, but never won any major awards.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (celebrate)

    • See also

    * well-known

    extraordinary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
  • *
  • *
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= 2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , passage=Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • Remarkably good.

    • Usage notes

    * Can be said of all kinds of objects including people, events, things, and terms. * The pronunciation "extrordinary" is often preferred so as to avoid confusion with "extra ordinary", which would be defined as "more ordinary than usual".

    Synonyms

    *

    Antonyms

    * everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

    Derived terms

    * extraordinary optical transmission * extraordinary professor * extraordinary rendition