Supreme vs Super - What's the difference?
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Dominant, having power over all others.
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(botany) Situated at the highest part or point.
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English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers
(cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.
(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.
Of excellent quality, superfine.
better than average, better than usual; wonderful.
(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super- ).
(informal, Northeastern US) Abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".
(Australia, New Zealand, informal, uncountable) Short form of superannuation, the Australian/New Zealand retirement benefits or pension scheme.
(beekeeping) An empty box placed above the existing boxes of the beehive in order to allow the colony to expand or store additional honey.
(beekeeping) To add or to place a atop the existing boxes of the beehive.
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(theatre) Someone outside the normal company, but appearing on stage with no lines to speak.
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As adjectives the difference between supreme and super
is that supreme is dominant, having power over all others while super is of excellent quality, superfine.As verbs the difference between supreme and super
is that supreme is to divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds while super is to add or to place a super atop the existing boxes of the beehive.As nouns the difference between supreme and super
is that supreme is a breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached while super is abbreviation of superintendent in the sense of a building's resident manager, sometimes clarified as "building super".As a proper noun Supreme
is the Supreme Being; the Almighty; God.As an adverb super is
very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).supreme
English
Adjective
(en-adj)Karen McVeigh
US rules human genes can't be patented, passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}
Synonyms
* (having power over all others) predominant, preponderant, regnantDerived terms
* supremacy * supreme being * Supreme SovietVerb
(suprem)Noun
(en noun)External links
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* ----super
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* (better) awesome, excellentDerived terms
* super-duper * supercuntAdverb
(-)- The party was super awesome.
Etymology 2
From (superintendent)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (superannuation)Noun
(en-noun)- Jane looked forward to collecting a large super payout when she retired.
Etymology 4
Shortened form of (superhive).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (beekeeping) dupletAntonyms
* (beekeeping) nadirVerb
(en verb)- The question is: when is the best time to super ?
Etymology 5
Shortened form of (superhero).Etymology 6
Shortened form of (supernumerary).Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.}}