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Leading vs Supreme - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between leading and supreme

is that leading is present participle of lang=en while supreme is to divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

As adjectives the difference between leading and supreme

is that leading is providing guidance or direction while supreme is dominant, having power over all others.

As nouns the difference between leading and supreme

is that leading is an act by which one is led or guided while supreme is a breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.

As a proper noun Supreme is

the Supreme Being; the Almighty; God.

leading

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(head)
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.}}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Providing guidance or direction.
  • Avoiding leading questions if you really want the truth.
  • Ranking first.
  • He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
  • Occurring in advance; preceding.
  • The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.
    Coordinate terms
    * (occurring in advance) concurrent, lagging
    Derived terms
    * leading indicator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act by which one is led or guided
  • * {{quote-book, year=1792, author=William Carey, title=An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us. }}
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Edward Dowden, title=Robert Browning, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=In his poetic method each writer followed the leadings of his own genius, without reference to common rules and standards; the individualism of the Revolutionary epoch asserted itself to the full. }}

    Etymology 2

    From lead (chemical element).

    Noun

    (wikipedia leading) (-)
  • (typography) Vertical space added between lines; line spacing
  • Anagrams

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    supreme

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Dominant, having power over all others.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}
  • Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
  • (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
  • * (English Citations of "supreme") English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers

    Synonyms

    * (having power over all others) predominant, preponderant, regnant

    Derived terms

    * supremacy * supreme being * Supreme Soviet

    Verb

    (suprem)
  • (cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cookery) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
  • (cookery) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.
  • Anagrams

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