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Respectable vs Topnotch - What's the difference?

respectable | topnotch |

As adjectives the difference between respectable and topnotch

is that respectable is deserving respect while topnotch is of the highest level.

respectable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deserving respect.
  • :
  • *
  • *:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.
  • Decent; satisfactory.
  • :

    • Antonyms

    * disrespectable

    Derived terms

    * respectably

    topnotch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * top-notch

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the highest level
  • :That was a topnotch performance, here's a medal.