Extreme vs Lollapalooza - What's the difference?
extreme | lollapalooza |
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.
* 1796 Charles Burney, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Metastasio 2.5:
(informal) An outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.
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As nouns the difference between extreme and lollapalooza
is that extreme is while lollapalooza is (informal) an outstanding, extreme, or outrageous example of its kind.extreme
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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
* ----lollapalooza
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Alternative forms
* lallapalooza, lalapalooza, lallapaloosa, lolapalooza, lolapaloosaNoun
(en noun)Keillor's elegy to randy radio]" (Book Review of WLT A Radio Romance'' by [[w:Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor]), ''Chicago Sun-Times (retrieved 23 July 2011):
- Here is a novel of low comedy and high raillery. It's a lollapalooza that turns out to be a comic elegy for old-time radio.
Bottom of the Barrel" (Book Review of Star-Spangled Men: America's Ten Worst Presidents'' by Nathan Miller), ''New York Times (retrieved 23 July 2011):
- Promising to destroy the Soviet Union would have been a lollapalooza even for Reagan, since part of his election strategy was to fight his image as a warmonger.
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