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Meteoric vs Dramatic - What's the difference?

meteoric | dramatic |

As adjectives the difference between meteoric and dramatic

is that meteoric is of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor while dramatic is dramatic.

meteoric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
  • Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
    • Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top.
  • (Of water, in geology): originating in the atmosphere.

    • Related terms

    * meteor * meteorite * meteoritic * meteoritics * meteoroid * meteoroidal * meteorology * meteorological

    dramatic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dramatick

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the drama.
  • *
  • Striking in appearance or effect.
  • *
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-17, volume=408, issue=8849, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Best and brightest , passage=Poland has made some dramatic gains in education in the past decade. Before 2000 half of the country’s rural adults had finished only primary school. Yet international rankings now put the country’s students well ahead of America’s in science and maths (the strongest predictor of future earnings), even as the country spends far less per pupil. }}
  • Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.

    • Derived terms

    * nondramatic