Estimable vs Exemplary - What's the difference?

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Estimable is a related term of exemplary.

As adjectives the difference between estimable and exemplary

is that estimable is worthy of esteem; admirable while exemplary is deserving honour, respect and admiration.

As a noun exemplary is

(obsolete) an example, or typical instance; an exemplar.

estimable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Worthy of esteem; admirable.

* 1868 , , Little Women , ch. 22,

Mr. March told . . . how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.

(archaic) Valuable.

* 1596 , , The Merchant of Venice , act 1, scene 3:

A pound of man's flesh taken from a man

Is not so estimable , profitable neither,

As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.

Capable of being estimated.

* 1928 , Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry , volume 79, iss. 2, page 406:

After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.

References

* * * * " estimable" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * " estimable" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) ----

exemplary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Deserving honour, respect and admiration.

Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated.

* Francis Bacon

[Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary .

Ideal or perfect.

Serving as a warning; monitory.

as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages

Noun

(exemplaries)

(obsolete) An example, or typical instance; an exemplar

(obsolete) A copy of a book or writing.

(Donne)