Phenomenal vs Profound - What's the difference?
phenomenal | profound |
(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.
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
* (rfdate),
Very deep; very serious
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
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Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
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* (rfdate),
Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
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(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
As adjectives the difference between phenomenal and profound
is that phenomenal is phenomenal while profound is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.As a noun profound is
(obsolete) the deep; the sea; the ocean.As a verb profound is
(obsolete) to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.phenomenal
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (very remarkable) awesome (slang)Derived terms
* phenomenal world * transphenomenalReferences
*profound
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A gulf profound
- Profound sciatica
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Noun
(-)- God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
- (Milton)
Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)