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Preeminent vs Superb - What's the difference?

preeminent | superb |

As adjectives the difference between preeminent and superb

is that preeminent is pre-eminent while superb is .

preeminent

English

Alternative forms

* * pre-eminent *

Adjective

(-)
  • Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.

    • Derived terms

    * preeminence * preeminently

    superb

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
  • Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
  • :
  • (lb) Haughty.
  • *1858 , (Julia Kavanagh), Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2 (p.235):
  • *:A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.

    • Synonyms

    * excellent * superlative

    Derived terms

    * superbly