Supereminent vs Wellknown - What's the difference?
supereminent | wellknown |
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable.
*, III.2.2.ii:
*:so far was beauty adored amongst them, that no man was thought fit to reign that was not in all parts complete and supereminent .
*1888 , , The Modern Warning .
*:The conservatives had come into power just after his marriage, and he had held honourable though not supereminent office.
(nonstandard)
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 1, author=Mike Peed, title=The Persistence of Guilt, work=New York Times
, passage=Elie Wiesel has become so wellknown a crusader against hatred, violence and persecution that one can forget he has also been, from the beginning, a writer. }}
As adjectives the difference between supereminent and wellknown
is that supereminent is superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable while wellknown is (nonstandard).supereminent
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* preeminent * supreme ----wellknown
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