Thorough vs Extreme - What's the difference?
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painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail
utter; complete; absolute
(obsolete) Through.
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(UK, dialect) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
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, title= Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
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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:
Thorough is a related term of extreme.
As nouns the difference between thorough and extreme
is that thorough is (uk|dialect) a furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water while extreme is .As an adjective thorough
is painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.As a preposition thorough
is (obsolete) through.thorough
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Alternative forms
* thoroAdjective
(en adjective)- The Prime Minister announced a thorough investigation into the death of a father of two in police custody.
- He is the most thorough worker I have ever seen.
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before it will be inhabitable.
- It is a thorough pleasure to see him beg for mercy.
Derived terms
* thoroughbred * thoroughgoing * thoroughlyEtymology 2
A disyllabic form of (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry / Vnder the ship, as thorough them she went [...].
- You are contented to be led in triumph / Thorough the streets of Rome?
Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
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.