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Noble vs Sumptuous - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between noble and sumptuous

is that noble is having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character while sumptuous is magnificent, luxurious, splendid.

As a noun noble

is an aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.

As a proper noun Noble

is {{surname}.

noble

English

(wikipedia noble)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
    • This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century.
  • * 1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :
    • I lyked no thynge his playe, / For yf I had not quyckely fledde the touche, / He had plucte oute the nobles of my pouche.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), Aeropagitica :
    • And who shall then stick closest to ye, and excite others? not he who takes up armes for cote and conduct, and his four nobles of Danegelt.
  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 93:
    • There, before the high altar, as the choir's voices soared upwards to the blue, star-flecked ceiling, Henry knelt and made his offering of a ‘noble in gold’, 6s 8d.

    Antonyms

    * commoner * plebeian

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * half-noble * noble gas

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
  • Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.

    • Synonyms

    * (having honorable qualities) great, honorable * (of exalted rank) superior

    Antonyms

    * (having honorable qualities) ignoble, mean, vile, despicable * (of exalted rank) inferior * (distinguished from the masses by birth) plebeian

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the adjective) * ennoble * nobility * noble-minded * noble gas * nobleman * noble metal * nobleness * noble rot * noblewoman * nobley

    See also

    * honorable

    Statistics

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    External links

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    sumptuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Magnificent, luxurious, splendid.
  • * 1764 , :
    • Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,
    He sees his little lot the lot of all;
    Sees no contiguous palace rear its head
    To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
    No costly lord the sumptuous banquet deal
    To make him loathe his vegetable meal;
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1829 , author= , title=The Alhambra citation , passage=I wandered on until I came to a sumptuous palace with a garden adorned with fountains and fishponds, and groves and flowers, and orchards laden with delicious fruit.}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Cabaye pulled all the strings in a dominant home performance and capped a majestic individual display with a sumptuous first-time finish into the far corner for his second goal of the afternoon.}}

    Synonyms

    * lavish

    Derived terms

    * sumption * sumptuary * sumptuousness