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Meritorious vs Miraculous - What's the difference?

meritorious | miraculous |

As adjectives the difference between meritorious and miraculous

is that meritorious is deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward while miraculous is pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain.

meritorious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward
    • The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Antonyms

    * immeritorious

    Derived terms

    * meritoriously * meritoriousness

    References

    miraculous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.}}
  • By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god (only used when positive).

    • Related terms

    * miracle