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Unparalleled vs Nonpareil - What's the difference?

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Nonpareil is a synonym of unparalleled.



As adjectives the difference between unparalleled and nonpareil

is that unparalleled is having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison while nonpareil is unequalled, unrivalled; unique.

As a noun nonpareil is

a person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.

unparalleled

English

Alternative forms

*unparallelled (UK )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having no parallel; without equal; lacking anything similar or worthy of comparison.
  • :The candidate experienced unparalleled support in the last election.

    • nonpareil

    English

    (wikipedia nonpareil)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unequalled, unrivalled; unique.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 33:
    • A veritable artist, possessed of a deftness nonpareil with cotton swab and evacuation-hypo, the medical attaché is known among the shrinking upper classes of petro-Arab nations as the DeBakey of maxillofacial yeast […].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that has no equal; a paragon.
  • * c.1599-1601 , (William Shakespeare), Twelfth Night; or, What You Will ,
    • My lord and master loves you. O, such love / Could be but recompens'd though you were crown'd / The nonpareil of beauty!
  • * , III.2.2.ii:
    • King John of France, once prisoner in England, came […] to see the Countess of Salisbury, the nonpareil of those times, and his dear mistress.
  • A small pellet of colored sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.
  • A small, flat chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit.
  • (obsolete, printing) A type size between minion and agate or ruby (roughly 6pt); nonpareille.
  • * 1881 May 19, Hermann Cohn, ,
    • I believe that letters which are less than a millimetre and a half (1/17 inch) high, will finally prove injurious to the eye. How little attention has hitherto been paid to this important subject is exemplified in the fact that even oculistic journals and books frequently contain nonpareil , or letters only a millimetre (1/25 inch) high.

    See also

    * (Nonpareils) *

    Synonyms

    * (pellet of colored sugar) * hundreds and thousands ((UK), Australian'', ''plural only ) * sprinkles (probably US'', ''plural only )