Mayor vs Superior - What's the difference?
mayor | superior |
The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
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By restriction, a male municipal leader
(historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
Higher in quality.
Higher in rank.
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Located above.
# (botany) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
# (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
# (botany) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; said of the radicle.
# (typography) Printed in superscript.
Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to .
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As a proper noun mayor
is .As an adjective superior is
higher in quality.As a noun superior is
a person of higher rank or quality.mayor
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Alternative forms
* mayour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The Libertarian mayor of Big Water, Utah, recently slashed property taxes in half and even repealed his own salary!
- To assist him in his task Paul was joined by Ron Adams, who had been a three-term Libertarian mayor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Synonyms
* (l) * mayoress (female mayors only) * provost (Scotland)Hyponyms
(municipal principal leader) * mayor , lord mayor (male mayor) * mayoress , lady mayor (female mayor)Derived terms
* mayoress (female mayor) * lord mayor * lady mayorAnagrams
* * ----superior
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Alternative forms
* superiour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
- A genus is superior to a species.
- the superior''' jaw; the '''superior part of an image
- a superior figure or letter
- There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings.