Extremity vs Utmost - What's the difference?
extremity | utmost |
The most extreme or furthest point of something.
An extreme measure.
A hand or foot.
A limb (major appendage of human or animal such as a leg an arm or a wing)
Situated at the most distant limit; farthest
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* Herbert
The most extreme; ultimate; greatest
* (William Shakespeare)
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Maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.
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As nouns the difference between extremity and utmost
is that extremity is the most extreme or furthest point of something while utmost is maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.As an adjective utmost is
situated at the most distant limit; farthest.extremity
English
Noun
(extremities)- causes one to not be able to move one's extremities .
Synonyms
* (furthest point of something) tip * (major appendage of human or animal) limbExternal links
* *utmost
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Adjective
(-)- We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.
- Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
- He shall answerto his utmost peril.
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- Indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.
Noun
(-)citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost . She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}