Superior vs Apex - What's the difference?
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Higher in quality.
Higher in rank.
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Located above.
# (botany) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.
# (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem; posterior.
# (botany) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit; ascending; said of the radicle.
# (typography) Printed in superscript.
Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to .
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The highest point of something.
(label) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
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(label) The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).
The pointed end of something.
# The lowest part of the human heart.
# The deepest part of a tooth's root.
(label) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.
(label) The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
(label) The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
(label) A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
(label) A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates .
As nouns the difference between superior and apex
is that superior is a person of higher rank or quality while apex is apex.As an adjective superior
is higher in quality.superior
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Alternative forms
* superiour (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.}}
- A genus is superior to a species.
- the superior''' jaw; the '''superior part of an image
- a superior figure or letter
- There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings.
Usage notes
* Superior and inferior are generally followed by to; than is sometimes used mistakenly.Antonyms
* (l)Coordinate terms
*Derived terms
* superiornessExternal links
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Noun
(en-noun)- the apex of the building
- the apex of civilization
WIGU adventures
- It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.