Extreme vs Deep - What's the difference?
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Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
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, title= Drastic, or of great severity.
Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
(archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
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Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
A drastic expedient.
(mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1'' and ''6'' in ''1:2=3:6 .
(archaic) Extremely.
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Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
#Extending far down from the top or surface; having its bottom far down.
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#*:Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
#Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.
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#In a (specified) number of rows or layers.
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#Thick.
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#*:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
#A long way inside; situated far in or back.
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## Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.
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##(label) Relatively farther downfield.
Complex, involved.
#Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
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#To a significant, not superficial, extent.
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#*:While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.
#Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
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#*:Why it was that the ancients had no landscape painting, is a question deep almost as the mystery of life, and harder of solution than all the problems of jurisprudence combined.
#Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
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#*:deep clerks
Low in pitch.
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(lb) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken ).
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Immersed, submerged (in).
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Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
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Deeply.
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The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
(US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
The sea, the ocean.
(cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
As adjectives the difference between extreme and deep
is that extreme is of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost while deep is Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.As nouns the difference between extreme and deep
is that extreme is the greatest or utmost point, degree or condition while deep is the deep part of a lake, sea, etc.As adverbs the difference between extreme and deep
is that extreme is extremely while deep is deeply.extreme
English
Adjective
(en-adj)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
Not Just Going with the Flow, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
- the extreme hour of life
Synonyms
* (place) farthest, furthest, most distant, outermost, remotest * (in greatest or highest degree) greatest, highest * (excessive) excessive, too much * (drastic) drastic, severe * (sports) dangerous * (ultimate) final, last, ultimateAntonyms
* (place) closest, nearest * (in greatest or highest degree) least * (excessive) moderate, reasonable * (drastic) moderate, reasonableDerived terms
* extremenessNoun
(en noun)Adverb
(en adverb)- In the empty and extreme cold theatre.
Usage notes
* Formerly used to modify adjectives and sometimes adverbs, but rarely verbs.Derived terms
* extremism * extremist * extremity * extremely * extreme ironing * extreme unctionSee also
* meanReferences
* ----deep
English
Adjective
(er)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
Synonyms
* * (having great meaning) heavy, meaningful, profound * (in extent in a direction away from the observer) * (thick in a vertical direction) thick * (voluminous) great, large, voluminous * (low in pitch) low, low-pitched * bright, rich, vividAntonyms
* shallow * (having great meaning) frivolous, light, shallow, superficial * (in extent in a direction away from the observer) shallow * (thick in a vertical direction) shallow, thin * (voluminous) shallow, small * (low in pitch) high, high-pitched, piping * light, pale, desaturated, washed-outSee also
* tall * wide * high * thickAdverb
(en adverb)- Deep -versed in books, and shallow in himself.
- Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring.
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
Noun
- creatures of the deep
- Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep .