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Extraordinary vs Bizarre - What's the difference?

extraordinary | bizarre |

As adjectives the difference between extraordinary and bizarre

is that extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual while bizarre is strangely unconventional in style or appearance.

extraordinary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
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  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= 2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , passage=Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • Remarkably good.

    • Usage notes

    * Can be said of all kinds of objects including people, events, things, and terms. * The pronunciation "extrordinary" is often preferred so as to avoid confusion with "extra ordinary", which would be defined as "more ordinary than usual".

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

    Derived terms

    * extraordinary optical transmission * extraordinary professor * extraordinary rendition

    bizarre

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • strangely unconventional in style or appearance.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=October 22 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=West Brom enjoyed more possession as the half progressed and were handed a penalty of their own in the 21st minute in bizarre circumstances.}}

    Usage notes

    The more'' and ''most forms are the most common comparative and superlative forms. While (bizarrest) is encountered not infrequently and is acceptable in most situations, (bizarrer) is rare and non-standard.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    External links

    * * * estrafolari at Diccionari della Llengua Catalana Multilingüe * estrafolari at Institut d'Estudis Catalans

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