Feat vs Ordeal - What's the difference?
feat | ordeal |
A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
* {{quote-news
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, date=January 22
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)
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(archaic) dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty
* Shakespeare
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
(obsolete) To form; to fashion.
* Shakespeare
A painful or trying experience.
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* {{quote-news
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, date=December 29
, author=Paul Doyle
, title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle
, work=The Guardian
A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
As nouns the difference between feat and ordeal
is that feat is a relatively rare or difficult accomplishment while ordeal is a painful or trying experience.As an adjective feat
is dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.As a verb feat
is to form; to fashion.feat
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.}}
Derived terms
* no small feat * no mean featAdjective
(er)- Never master had a page so feat .
- And look how well my garments sit upon me — / Much feater than before.
Verb
(en verb)- To the more mature, / A glass that feated them.
Anagrams
* * * *ordeal
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Arsène Wenger confessed: "The result was not an accurate indication of the match." Certainly, at half-time it seemed unlikely that Arsenal would catch fire so spectacularly because the first half was a damp squib of a display from Wenger's team, as Newcastle initially showed no ill-effects from their Old Trafford ordeal .}}