Exceptional vs Distinguish - What's the difference?
exceptional | distinguish |
Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
Better than the average; superior due to rarity.
Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
To see someone or something as different from others.
* {{quote-book, author=De Lacy O'Leary, title=, year=1922
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, title=A Palette of Particles
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To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
* 1784 : William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c. ,
(obsolete) To make to differ.
* Bible, 1 Cor. iv. 7 (Douay version)
As an adjective exceptional
is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.As a verb distinguish is
to see someone or something as different from others.exceptional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- What an exceptional flower!
- The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- an exceptional''' curve; an '''exceptional divisor
Synonyms
* See also * (l)Antonyms
* categoricalDerived terms
* exceptional space * exceptionallydistinguish
English
Verb
citation, passage=The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.}}
PREFACE
- THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
- Who distinguisheth thee?