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Senior vs Exceptional - What's the difference?

senior | exceptional |

As adjectives the difference between senior and exceptional

is that senior is while exceptional is forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

As a noun senior

is .

senior

English

Alternative forms

* seniour (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Older; superior
    • senior citizen
  • Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
    • senior''' member; '''senior counsel
  • (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

    • Antonyms

    * junior

    Related terms

    * senile * senate * sir

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
  • (obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Acts IV:
    • Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].
  • Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
    • He was four years her senior .
  • (US) A final-year student at a high school or university.

    • Antonyms

    * junior

    Derived terms

    * senior school

    Related terms

    * seniority

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    exceptional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
    • What an exceptional flower!
  • Better than the average; superior due to rarity.
    • The quality of the beer was exceptional.
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
    • an exceptional''' curve; an '''exceptional divisor

    Synonyms

    * See also * (l)

    Antonyms

    * categorical

    Derived terms

    * exceptional space * exceptionally