Superior vs Extra - What's the difference?
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Higher in quality.
Higher in rank.
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, title= More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
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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Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
(dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
(informal) To an extraordinary degree.
(cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.
An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
As adjectives the difference between superior and extra
is that superior is higher in quality while extra is beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.As nouns the difference between superior and extra
is that superior is a person of higher rank or quality while extra is a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry.As an adverb extra is
to an extraordinary degree.superior
English
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
* * * ----extra
English
Adjective
(-)- extra''' work; '''extra pay
Derived terms
* extranessAdverb
(-)- That day he ran to school extra fast.
Noun
(en noun)- extra''', '''extra , read all about it!
