Ultra vs Maximum - What's the difference?
ultra | maximum |
Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
An ultraroyalist in France.
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
*:"At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra' s nose and sighed.
An extremist.
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(usually, capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
The highest limit.
* P. Colquhoun
(mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
(analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
(statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
(colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break.
(colloquial, darts) A score of with three darts.
(colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs.
To the highest degree.
As adjectives the difference between ultra and maximum
is that ultra is extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising while maximum is to the highest degree.As nouns the difference between ultra and maximum
is that ultra is an ultraroyalist in France while maximum is the highest limit.ultra
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an ultra''' reformer; '''ultra measures
Noun
(en noun)Foreign '''ultrakilled, three injured in J&K," ''The Times of India , 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
- Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.
maximum
English
(wikipedia maximum)Noun
(en-noun)- Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
Usage notes
* (term) is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.Hypernyms
* (statistics) measure of locationSynonyms
* maxAntonyms
* minimumAdjective
(-)- Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.