Exemplar vs Exemplary - What's the difference?
exemplar | exemplary |
Something fit to be imitated; see ideal and model.
A role model.
Something typical or representative of a class; see example.
A pattern after which others should be made; see archetype.
A well known usage of a scientific theory.
A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
A copy of a book or writing.
(obsolete) Exemplary.
*, II.8:
*:in our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare , than yours.
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Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated.
* Francis Bacon
Ideal or perfect.
Serving as a warning; monitory.
(obsolete) An example, or typical instance; an exemplar
(obsolete) A copy of a book or writing.
In obsolete terms the difference between exemplar and exemplary
is that exemplar is exemplary while exemplary is a copy of a book or writing.exemplar
English
(wikipedia exemplar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) exemplaire, from exemplarium, from (etyl) exemplum.Noun
(en noun)- (Udall)
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoEtymology 2
From (etyl) exemplaire, and its source, (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)exemplary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary .
- as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages
Noun
(exemplaries)- (Donne)