Wondrous vs Magnificent - What's the difference?
wondrous | magnificent |
Amazing, inspiring awe, "to be marvelled at".
In a wonderful degree; remarkably.
*XIX century , , by Emily Dickinson
*:As by the dead we love to sit, / Become so wondrous dear — / As for the lost we grapple / Tho' all the rest are here [...]
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
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Exceptional for its kind.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
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As adjectives the difference between wondrous and magnificent
is that wondrous is amazing, inspiring awe, "to be marvelled at" while magnificent is grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.As an adverb wondrous
is in a wonderful degree; remarkably.wondrous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We all stared open mouthed at the wondrous sight, speechless.
Synonyms
* SeeAdverb
(en adverb)magnificent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Case of Miss Elliott, passage= “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.}}
Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=Substitute Edin Dzeko scrambled in a fourth and the magnificent David Silva ran clear to add another, before the Bosnian striker inflicted the final wound seconds from the end.}}