Eminent vs Magnificent - What's the difference?
eminent | magnificent | Related terms |
(archaic) high, lofty; towering; prominent.
noteworthy, remarkable, great
of a person, distinguished, important, noteworthy
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
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Exceptional for its kind.
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Eminent is a related term of magnificent.
As adjectives the difference between eminent and magnificent
is that eminent is eminent; distinguished; noteworthy while magnificent is grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.eminent
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Adjective
(en adjective)- His eminent good sense has been a godsend to this project.
- In later years, the professor became known as an eminent historian.
Usage notes
* Eminent and imminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Eminent may also be confused with immanent, immanant, or emanate.Derived terms
* eminence * eminently * preeminentExternal links
* * * English terms derived from Latin ----magnificent
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Adjective
(en adjective)The Case of Miss Elliott, passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}
Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=Substitute Edin Dzeko scrambled in a fourth and the magnificent David Silva ran clear to add another, before the Bosnian striker inflicted the final wound seconds from the end.}}