Super vs Ultra - What's the difference?
super | ultra |
Of excellent quality, superfine.
better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super- ).
(informal, Northeastern US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, uncountable) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme.
(beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
(beekeeping) To add or to place a atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
* 1917 Dadant, C. P., First Lessons in Beekeeping ; revised & rewritten edition, 1968, by M. G. Dadant and J. C. Dadant, p 73:
(theatre) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.
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, chapter=2 Extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.
An ultraroyalist in France.
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 37:
*:"At any rate that is what he explained to me," I said hastily while the lawyer rubbed his long ultra' s nose and sighed.
An extremist.
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(usually, capitalised) Code name used by British codebreakers during World War 2 for decrypted information gained from the enemy.
As adjectives the difference between super and ultra
is that super is of excellent quality, superfine while ultra is extreme; far beyond the norm; fanatical; uncompromising.As nouns the difference between super and ultra
is that super is abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super" while ultra is an ultraroyalist in France.As an adverb super
is very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).As a verb super
is to add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.super
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (better) awesome, excellentDerived terms
* super-duper * supercuntAdverb
(-)- The party was super awesome.
Etymology 2
From (superintendent)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (superannuation)Noun
(en-noun)- Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
Etymology 4
Shortened form of (superhive).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (beekeeping) dupletAntonyms
* (beekeeping) nadirVerb
(en verb)- The question is: when is the best time to super ?
Etymology 5
Shortened form of (superhero).Etymology 6
Shortened form of (supernumerary).Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.}}
Anagrams
* ----ultra
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an ultra''' reformer; '''ultra measures
Noun
(en noun)Foreign '''ultrakilled, three injured in J&K," ''The Times of India , 29 Dec. (retrieved 21 Apr. 2009):
- Five militants were nabbed while four ultras of Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI) gave themselves up.