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Niger vs Inferior - What's the difference?

niger | inferior |

As nouns the difference between niger and inferior

is that niger is a herb, species: Guizotia abyssinica, from Ethiopia, grown for its seed and edible oil while inferior is a person of lower stature to another.

As a proper noun Niger

is a country in Western Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger.

As an adjective inferior is

of lower quality.

niger

English

(wikipedia Niger)

Usage notes

The second pronunciations for the country name follow the French pronunciation, French being the official language of Niger. How Do You Pronounce "Niger"?] by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com[http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in Western Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger.
  • A river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

    • Hypernyms

    *Subsahara

    Related terms

    * Nigerien

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    *

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    inferior

    English

    Alternative forms

    * inferiour (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of lower quality
    • Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
  • * Dryden
    • Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
  • of lower rank
    • an inferior officer
  • located below
  • # (typography) Printed in subscript.
  • an inferior figure or letter
  • (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
  • (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
  • (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
    • the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
  • (astronomy) Below the horizon.
    • the inferior part of a meridian

    Usage notes

    (term) and (superior) are generally followed by (to); (than) is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * superior

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Related terms

    * inferiority

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person of lower stature to another
    • As you are my inferior , I can tell you to do anything I want.

    Antonyms

    * superior

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