Inferior vs Detestable - What's the difference?

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Inferior is a related term of detestable.

As adjectives the difference between inferior and detestable

is that inferior is of lower quality while detestable is detestable, despicable.

As a noun inferior

is a person of lower stature to another.

inferior

English

Alternative forms

* inferiour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

of lower quality

Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.

* Dryden

Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.

of lower rank

an inferior officer

located below

# (typography) Printed in subscript.

an inferior figure or letter

(botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.

(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.

(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.

the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus

(astronomy) Below the horizon.

the inferior part of a meridian

Usage notes

(term) and (superior) are generally followed by (to); (than) is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.

Synonyms

* See also

Antonyms

* superior

Coordinate terms

Noun

(en noun)

a person of lower stature to another

As you are my inferior , I can tell you to do anything I want.

Antonyms

* superior

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Anagrams

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detestable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

Usage notes

* Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

Derived terms

* detestableness