Salubrious vs First-rate - What's the difference?
salubrious | first-rate | Related terms |
(military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks
(military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
(by extension) Exceptionally good.
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Salubrious is a related term of first-rate.
As adjectives the difference between salubrious and first-rate
is that salubrious is promoting health or well-being; wholesome especially as related to air while first-rate is (military|nautical|historical) describing a ship of the line in the british navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.As a noun first-rate is
(military|nautical|historical) a ship of the line in the british navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks.first-rate
English
(wikipedia first-rate)Noun
Adjective
- Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.