Incomparable vs Choice - What's the difference?
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So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
* , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
(rare) Not able to be compared.
An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
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One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
Anything that can be chosen.
The best or most preferable part.
* Milton
Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
Especially good or preferred.
(slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
Incomparable is a related term of choice.
As adjectives the difference between incomparable and choice
is that incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed while choice is especially good or preferred.As a noun choice is
an option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.incomparable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Usage notes
* Using (more)'' or ''(most)'' with ''incomparable , though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread. * Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable'' is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as ''(so)'' and ''(very) .Derived terms
* incomparabilitychoice
English
(wikipedia choice)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
- Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
- The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
- The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
- I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice .
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* (anything that can be chosen) assortment, range, selection * the cream * See alsoAdjective
(en-adj)- It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
- Choice ! I'm going to the movies.