Conspicuous vs Transcendent - What's the difference?
conspicuous | transcendent | Related terms |
Obvious or easy to notice.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
* 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
surpassing usual limits
beyond the range of usual perception
free from constraints of the material world
Conspicuous is a related term of transcendent.
As adjectives the difference between conspicuous and transcendent
is that conspicuous is obvious or easy to notice while transcendent is surpassing usual limits.As a noun transcendent is
that which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.conspicuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
