Ideal vs Great - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between ideal and great

is that ideal is optimal; being the best possibility while great is very big, large scale.

As nouns the difference between ideal and great

is that ideal is (a perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc.)A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at while great is a person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

As a proper noun Ideal

is a city in Georgia, USA.

As an interjection great is

expression of gladness and content about something.

As an adverb great is

very well in a very satisfactory manner.

ideal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Optimal; being the best possibility.

Perfect, flawless, having no defects.

* Rambler

There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence.

Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.

Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.

* 1796 , Matthew Lewis, The Monk , Folio Society 1985, p. 256:

The idea of ghosts is ridiculous in the extreme; and if you continue to be swayed by ideal terrors —

* 1818 , ,^{[[s:Frankenstein/Chapter 4, Chapter 4],}

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.

the ideal theory or philosophy

(mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.

ideal point

An ideal triangle in the hyperbolic disk is one bounded by three geodesics that meet precisely on the circle.

Synonyms

* See also

Noun

(en noun)

A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny -

(mathematics, order theory) A non-empty]] lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is [[closure, closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).^{[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_prime_ideal_theorem#Prime_ideal_theorems]}

If (1) the empty set were called a "small" set, and (2) any subset of a "small" set were also a "small" set, and (3) the union of any pair of "small" sets were also a "small" set, then the set of all "small" sets would form an ideal .

(for example, algebra) A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.

Let

\mathbb{Z}

be the ring of integers and let

2\mathbb{Z}

be its ideal of even integers. Then the quotient ring

\mathbb{Z} / 2\mathbb{Z}

is a Boolean ring.

The product of two ideals

\mathfrak{a}

and

\mathfrak{b}

is an ideal

\mathfrak{a b}

which is a subset of the intersection of

\mathfrak{a}

and

\mathfrak{b}

. This should help to understand why maximal ideals' are prime ' ideals . Likewise, the union of

\mathfrak{a}

and

\mathfrak{b}

is a subset of

\mathfrak{a + b}

Antonyms

* (order theory) filter

Derived terms

* left ideal * right ideal * two-sided ideal * principal ideal

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great

English

(wikipedia great)

Adjective

(er)

Very big, large scale.

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, chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like // Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Timothy Garton Ash)

, volume=189, issue=6, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli , passage=Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.}}

Very good.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights,

Important.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:He doth object I am too great of birth.

*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?”

Title referring to an important leader.

Superior; admirable; commanding; applied to thoughts, actions, and feelings.

Endowed with extraordinary powers; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.

(lb) Pregnant; large with young.

*(Bible), (Psalms) lxxviii. 71

*:the ewes great with young

More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:We have all / Great' cause to give ' great thanks.

*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.

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Intimate; familiar.

*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

*:those that are so great with him

Usage notes

In simple situations, using modifiers of intensity such as fairly'', ''somewhat , etc. can lead to an awkward construction, with the exception of certain common expressions such as “so great” and “really great”. In particular “very great” is unusually strong as a reaction, and in many cases “great” or its meaning of “very good” will suffice.

Synonyms

* See also * See also

Derived terms

* great big * great chamber * great hall * great room * greatly * greatness

Interjection

(en interjection)

Expression of gladness and content about something.

Great! Thanks for the wonderful work.

sarcastic inversion thereof.

Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order.

Noun

(en noun)

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science.

A course of academic study devoted to the works of such persons and also known as Literae Humaniores ; the "Greats" name has official status with respect to 's program and is widely used as a colloquialism in reference to similar programs elsewhere.

Spencer read Greats at Oxford, taking a starred first.

(music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.

Adverb

(-)

very well (in a very satisfactory manner)

Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened.

Derived terms

* greatly * greatness (compound terms) * just great * great big * great aunt * Great Dane * great-granddaughter * great granddaughter * great-grandfather * great grandfather * great-grandmother * great grandmother * great-grandson * great grandson * great uncle * Great Wall of China * great white shark

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Ideal vs Great - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between ideal and great

As nouns the difference between ideal and great

As a proper noun Ideal

As an interjection great is

As an adverb great is

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