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Mundane vs Extraordinary - What's the difference?

mundane | extraordinary |

As adjectives the difference between mundane and extraordinary

is that mundane is worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly while extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;.

As a noun mundane

is an unremarkable, ordinary human being.

mundane

English

Adjective

(er)
  • worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly
  • Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
  • Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.
  • ordinary; not new
  • tedious; repetitive and boring
  • Synonyms

    * (of the earth) worldly * banal, boring, commonplace, everyday, routine, workaday, jejune

    Antonyms

    * heavenly * arcane

    References

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
  • (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1959 , date = December 1 , first = Ron , last = Bennett , authorlink = , magazine = Skyrack , title = , url = http://www.gostak.co.uk/skyrack/SKYRACK10.htm , volume = , issue = 10 , page = , passage = THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1989 , date = Spring , first = Lawrence , last = Person , authorlink = , magazine = , title = Fear and Loathing in New Orleans: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of American Fandom , url = , volume = 2 , issue = 3 (whole number
  • 7)
  • , page = 10 , passage = The Demon Barber and I played Shock the Mundanes . The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’ }}
  • * 1996 , "Angel of Death", furries vs. mundanes'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.fan.furry )
  • Some people just think your (SIC) a sicko or something for enjoying the art. I know that alot (SIC) of the time, I would rather see some nice nude furrygirls instead of pictures of nude mundanes .
  • (fandom slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1966 , date = November , first = Lee , last = Hoffman , authorlink = , magazine = Science-Fiction Five-Yearly , title = Our Authors , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy4-34.html , volume = , issue = 4 , page = 35 , passage = Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture. }}

    Synonyms

    * (ordinary person) See * (mainstream person) See

    Derived terms

    * mundanely * mundaneness * mundanity

    See also

    * (pedialite) Article on the use of “mundane” as a derogatory term.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    extraordinary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
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  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 23, author=Tom Fordyce, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= 2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , passage=Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • Remarkably good.
  • Usage notes

    * Can be said of all kinds of objects including people, events, things, and terms. * The pronunciation "extrordinary" is often preferred so as to avoid confusion with "extra ordinary", which would be defined as "more ordinary than usual".

    Synonyms

    *

    Antonyms

    * everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

    Derived terms

    * extraordinary optical transmission * extraordinary professor * extraordinary rendition