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Phenomenal vs Impressive - What's the difference?

phenomenal | impressive |

As adjectives the difference between phenomenal and impressive

is that phenomenal is phenomenal while impressive is making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

phenomenal

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
  • (scientific) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
  • (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.

    • Synonyms

    * (very remarkable) awesome (slang)

    Derived terms

    * phenomenal world * transphenomenal

    References

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    impressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
  • Capable of being impressed.
  • appealing

    • Antonyms

    * unimpressive

    Derived terms

    * impressiveness

    Related terms

    * impression

    Anagrams

    * permissive