Spectacular vs Delectable - What's the difference?
spectacular | delectable |
Amazing or worthy of special notice
(dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment
* G. Hickes
* {{quote-news, 1910, August 21, Andre Tridon, Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade, The New York Times
, passage=Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.}}
Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
A spectacular display.
* 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
Something fitting the above description.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 8, author=Gretchen Morgenson, title=Bailout Needs Some Strings Attached to Limit Pay, work=New York Times
, passage=These include such delectables as cars and drivers, country club memberships and personal use of corporate aircraft. }}
As adjectives the difference between spectacular and delectable
is that spectacular is amazing or worthy of special notice while delectable is delectable, delightful.As a noun spectacular
is a spectacular display.spectacular
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The parachutists were spectacular .
- the merely spectacular
- Spectacular sports.
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Derived terms
* spectacularly * unspectacularExternal links
* *Noun
(en noun)- Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.
delectable
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Synonyms
* See also , yummy, goodNoun
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