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Legendary vs Traditional - What's the difference?

legendary | traditional |

As adjectives the difference between legendary and traditional

is that legendary is of or pertaining to a legend or to legends while traditional is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures.

As a noun legendary

is (obsolete) a collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.

legendary

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
  • Appearing (solely) in legends.
  • Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
  • Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
  • And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

    Noun

    (legendaries)
  • (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
  • (obsolete) One who relates legends.
  • traditional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
  • I think her traditional values are antiquated .
  • Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
  • In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.
  • Antonyms

    * nontraditional, non-traditional * untraditional

    Derived terms

    * traditionally