Extraordinary vs Superb - What's the difference?
extraordinary | superb | Related terms |
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
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First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
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*:A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
Superb is a synonym of extraordinary.
As adjectives the difference between extraordinary and superb
is that extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual while superb is first-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.extraordinary
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(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.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
