Diminutive vs Superlative - What's the difference?
diminutive | superlative |
Very small.
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Serving to diminish.
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(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
The highest extent or degree of something.
(label) The form of an adjective that expresses which of more than two items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it.
(label) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb.
(grammar) Of or relating to a superlative.
In grammar terms the difference between diminutive and superlative
is that diminutive is a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment while superlative is of or relating to a superlative.diminutive
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
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- diminutive of liberty
Synonyms
* (very small) lilliputian, tinyAntonyms
* (very small) huge, gigantic * augmentativeNoun
(wikipedia diminutive) (en noun)- Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’ .