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Spectacular vs Wondrous - What's the difference?

spectacular | wondrous |

As adjectives the difference between spectacular and wondrous

is that spectacular is amazing or worthy of special notice while wondrous is amazing, inspiring awe, "to be marvelled at".

As a noun spectacular

is a spectacular display.

As an adverb wondrous is

in a wonderful degree; remarkably.

spectacular

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Amazing or worthy of special notice
    • The parachutists were spectacular .
  • (dated) Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment
    • the merely spectacular
  • * G. Hickes
    • Spectacular sports.
  • * {{quote-news, 1910, August 21, Andre Tridon, Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade, The New York Times citation
    • , passage=Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.}}
  • Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.

    • Derived terms

    * spectacularly * unspectacular

    Related terms

    * spectacle * species * speculate

    External links

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spectacular display.
  • * 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
    • Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.

    wondrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Amazing, inspiring awe, "to be marvelled at".
    • We all stared open mouthed at the wondrous sight, speechless.

    Synonyms

    * See

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • 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 [...]