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Peerless vs Incomparable - What's the difference?

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Incomparable is a synonym of peerless.



As adjectives the difference between peerless and incomparable

is that peerless is without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best while incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.

peerless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Without peer or equal; unparalleled, nonpareil. Of the highest quality, best.

    • Derived terms

    * peerlessly * peerlessness

    Anagrams

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    incomparable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
  • * , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
    • 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.
  • (rare) Not able to be compared.

    • 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

    * incomparability

    Related terms

    * comparable * uncomparable