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Exceptional vs Unfamiliar - What's the difference?

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Exceptional is a related term of unfamiliar.


As adjectives the difference between exceptional and unfamiliar

is that exceptional is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare while unfamiliar is strange, not familiar.

As a noun unfamiliar is

an unfamiliar person; a stranger.

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

    unfamiliar

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Strange, not familiar.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=United were second-best for long periods as they struggled to adapt to an unfamiliar line-up and were ultimately fortunate to leave Merseyside with their unbeaten league run still intact.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unfamiliar person; a stranger.