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Superior vs Platinum - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between superior and platinum

is that superior is higher in quality while platinum is of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

As nouns the difference between superior and platinum

is that superior is a person of higher rank or quality while platinum is the metallic chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol pt.

superior

English

Alternative forms

* superiour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Higher in quality.
  • Higher in rank.
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  • More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
  • A genus is superior to a species.
  • Located above.
  • the superior''' jaw; the '''superior part of an image
  • # (botany) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
  • # (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
  • # (botany) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; said of the radicle.
  • # (typography) Printed in superscript.
  • a superior figure or letter
  • Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
  • Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to .
  • * Spectator
  • There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings.

    Usage notes

    * Superior and inferior are generally followed by to; than is sometimes used mistakenly.

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * superiorness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person of higher rank or quality.
  • The senior person in a monastic community.
  • platinum

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
  • Derived terms

    * go platinum

    Noun

    (wikipedia platinum)
  • The metallic chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt.
  • A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • (music) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
  • Synonyms

    * platina (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * carboplatin * cisplatin * eka-platinum * go platinum * iridio-platinum * oxaliplatin * Paraplatin * platin- * platinammonium chloride * platinate * platinic * platiniferous * platiniridium * platinise, platinize * platinite * platino- * platinocyanide * platinode * platinoid * platinous * platinum arsenide * platinum-black * platinum blond, platinum blonde * platinum-blue * platinum coney * platinum dichloride * platinum disc, platinum disk * platinum fox * platinum-grey * platinum hexafluoride * platinum-iridium * platinum-lamp * platinum metal * platinum mink * platinum sponge * platinum-steel * platinum tetrachloride * platinum-zinc * potassio-platinum chloride

    See also

    * cooperite * sperrylite * ----