Ultra vs Meta - What's the difference?
ultra | meta |
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.
(informal) Self-referential; at a higher level
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* {{quote-book, 2006, Brendan Vaughan, What Would MacGyver Do?
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As adjectives the difference between ultra and meta
is that ultra is extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising while meta is self-referential; at a higher level.As nouns the difference between ultra and meta
is that ultra is an ultraroyalist in France while meta is boundary marker.ultra
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(en adjective)- an ultra''' reformer; '''ultra measures
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(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.
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