Superior vs Forby - What's the difference?
superior | forby |
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 .
* Spectator
Past; by; beyond.
* 1899 , Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology :
Uncommonly; exceptionally.
Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
Past; gone by; over.
Near; beside; by, close to.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
On one side; out of the way.
Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
With the exception of; not taking into account.
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
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to forbid
to prohibit
As adjectives the difference between superior and forby
is that superior is higher in quality while forby is uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.As a noun superior
is a person of higher rank or quality.As an adverb forby is
past; by; beyond.As a preposition forby is
beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.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
* * * ----forby
English
Alternative forms
* foreby * (l)Adverb
(en adverb)- To see the world and folk that went forby , [...]
- He was forby kind.
Preposition
(English prepositions)- Those were the two sonnes of Acrates old / Who meeting earst with Archimago slie, / Foreby that idle strond, of him were told, / That he, wich earst them combatted, was Guyon bold.
- There was other six forby me.