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Exceptional vs Awesome - What's the difference?

exceptional | awesome |

As adjectives the difference between exceptional and awesome

is that exceptional is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare while awesome is causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

As a noun awesome is

the quality, state, or essence of being or cool; awesomeness.

exceptional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
    • What an exceptional flower!
  • Better than the average; superior due to rarity.
    • The quality of the beer was exceptional.
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
    • an exceptional''' curve; an '''exceptional divisor

    Synonyms

    * See also * (l)

    Antonyms

    * categorical

    Derived terms

    * exceptional space * exceptionally

    awesome

    English

    (wikipedia awesome)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
    • The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight .
    The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.
  • (colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
    • That was awesome !
    Awesome, dude!

    Usage notes

    The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English, originally from America. As the original meaning of awesome'' has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term ''awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.

    Synonyms

    * (causing awe or terror) see * (excellent) excellent, super, phenomenal, fantastic, terrific; wicked, bang-up, cool, sweet (slang or informal); chur, cher (New Zealand)

    Derived terms

    * awesomely * awesomeness * awesomest

    Related terms

    * awe-inspiring * awful

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality, state, or essence of being or cool; awesomeness.
  • * 2011 , Gwen Hayes, Let Me Call You Sweetheart , Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (2011), ISBN 9781609284619, page 6:
    • Plus, her patent leather boots were made of awesome . They made her legs look longer and leaner.
  • * 2011 , Kevin Seccia, Punching Tom Hanks: Dropkicking Gorillas and Pummeling Zombified Ex-Presidents—A Guide to Beating Up Anything , St. Martin's Press (2011), ISBN 9780312643744, page 189:
    • Swayze, of course, is the being of pure awesome who has by now conquered all of Heaven.
  • * 2013 , Carrie Jones, Captivate , Bloomsbury (2010), ISBN 9781599903422, page 150:
    • “Your grandmother,” he mumbles into my hair as we cuddle on the couch, “is made of awesome .”
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    • Synonyms

    * awesome sauce (Internet slang)

    Antonyms

    * fail (slang), weaksauce (slang)