Spoiled vs Inferior - What's the difference?
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(spoil)
Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
of lower quality
* Dryden
of lower rank
located below
# (typography) Printed in subscript.
(botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
(astronomy) Below the horizon.
a person of lower stature to another
Spoiled is a related term of inferior.
As adjectives the difference between spoiled and inferior
is that spoiled is of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible while inferior is of lower quality.As a verb spoiled
is (spoil).As a noun inferior is
a person of lower stature to another.spoiled
English
Alternative forms
* spoiltVerb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Much more common in US than "(spoilt)". * About as common as "spoilt" in UK.Anagrams
* * * * *inferior
English
Alternative forms
* inferiour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Anna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.
- Whether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.
- an inferior officer
- an inferior figure or letter
- the inferior''' or interior planets; an '''inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus
- the inferior part of a meridian
Usage notes
(term) and (superior) are generally followed by (to); (than) is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* superiorCoordinate terms
*Noun
(en noun)- As you are my inferior , I can tell you to do anything I want.