Extraordinary vs Comical - What's the difference?
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Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
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(archaic) Originally, relating to comedy.
Being funny, whimsically amusing.
Being laughable, ridiculous.
Extraordinary is a related term of comical.
As adjectives the difference between extraordinary and comical
is that extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; while comical is (archaic) originally, relating to comedy.extraordinary
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Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
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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
*Antonyms
* everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usualDerived terms
* extraordinary optical transmission * extraordinary professor * extraordinary renditioncomical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- It was a comical performance
- The tutor cruelly excelled in comical scoldings
- What a comical error!
