Superior vs Excel - What's the difference?
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Higher in quality.
Higher in rank.
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# (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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To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
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To be much better than others.
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(rare) To exceed, to go beyond
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As an adjective superior
is higher in quality.As a noun superior
is a person of higher rank or quality.As a verb excel is
to surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.As a proper noun Excel is
a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft.superior
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Alternative forms
* superiour (obsolete)Adjective
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- 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
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Verb
(excell)- La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If
you want enemies, excel' your friends; but if you want
friends, let your friends '''excel''' you."
Why is that true? Because when our friends '''excel''' us,
that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we ' excel
them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses
envy and jealousy.
- I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
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- If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
- She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood
- I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?