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Supreme vs Legendary - What's the difference?

supreme | legendary |

As adjectives the difference between supreme and legendary

is that supreme is dominant, having power over all others while legendary is of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.

As nouns the difference between supreme and legendary

is that supreme is a breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached while legendary is a collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.

As a verb supreme

is to divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

As a proper noun Supreme

is the Supreme Being; the Almighty; God.

supreme

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Dominant, having power over all others.
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  • Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
  • (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
    • * (English Citations of "supreme") English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers

    Synonyms

    * (having power over all others) predominant, preponderant, regnant

    Derived terms

    * supremacy * supreme being * Supreme Soviet

    Verb

    (suprem)
  • (cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cookery) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
  • (cookery) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

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    legendary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends.
  • Appearing (solely) in legends.
  • Having the splendor of a legend; fabled.
  • Having unimaginable greatness; excellent to such an extent to evoke stories
  • * 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
    • And it was a fitting victory for Liverpool as Anfield celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of their legendary Scottish manager Bill Shankly.

    Noun

    (legendaries)
  • (obsolete) A collection of legends, in particular of lives of saints.
  • (obsolete) One who relates legends.