Spectacular vs Superspecial - What's the difference?
spectacular | superspecial |
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:
Extremely special
(media) An especially large or spectacular mass-media special, such as on television
*{{quote-book, 2002, Chet Raymo, 365 Starry Nights
, passage=No indoor pleasures, no television superspecials , can compare to a night full of shooting stars.}}
(auto racing) A special spectator stage of a rally event
*{{quote-news, 2008, December 8, Sammy Hamill, Champion Loeb is too hot to handle on icy roads, Belfast Telegraph
, passage=The clutch of his Focus overheated in the traffic jam around the stadium and he had to nurse the car through the Saturday night superspecial , dropping five seconds to the flying Loeb.}}
As adjectives the difference between spectacular and superspecial
is that spectacular is amazing or worthy of special notice while superspecial is extremely special.As nouns the difference between spectacular and superspecial
is that spectacular is a spectacular display while superspecial is (media) an especially large or spectacular mass-media special, such as on television.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.
superspecial
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Alternative forms
*super-specialAdjective
(-)- Oh, isn't that just superspecial .
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