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Exceptional vs Pinnacle - What's the difference?

exceptional | pinnacle |

As an adjective exceptional

is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

As a noun pinnacle is

the highest point.

As a verb pinnacle is

to put something on a pinnacle.

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

    pinnacle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The highest point.
  • A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
  • (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
  • (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
  • * Milton
  • Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * nadir

    See also

    * acme * apex * peak * summit

    Verb

    (pinnacl)
  • to put something on a pinnacle
  • to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
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