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Exceptional vs Crucial - What's the difference?

exceptional | crucial |

As adjectives the difference between exceptional and crucial

is that exceptional is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare while crucial is being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.

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

    crucial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-07, author= Nicole Vulser
  • , volume=190, issue=13, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies , passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial , but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}
  • (label) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
  • Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
  • Derived terms

    * crucial experiment

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