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Exceptional vs Impressive - What's the difference?

exceptional | impressive |

As adjectives the difference between exceptional and impressive

is that exceptional is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare while impressive is making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

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

    impressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
  • Capable of being impressed.
  • appealing
  • Antonyms

    * unimpressive

    Derived terms

    * impressiveness

    Anagrams

    * permissive