Severe vs Excessive - What's the difference?
severe | excessive |
Very bad or intense.
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Strict or harsh.
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
As adjectives the difference between severe and excessive
is that severe is severe, harsh while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.severe
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
Synonyms
* brutal * extreme * hard * harsh * intense * rigorous * seriousAntonyms
* (very bad or intense) mild * (very bad or intense) minor * (strict or harsh) lenientDerived terms
* severely (adverb) * severity (noun) * severeness (noun)External links
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* ----excessive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."