Extraordinary vs Exemplary - What's the difference?
extraordinary | exemplary |
Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual;
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Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated.
* Francis Bacon
Ideal or perfect.
Serving as a warning; monitory.
(obsolete) An example, or typical instance; an exemplar
(obsolete) A copy of a book or writing.
As adjectives the difference between extraordinary and exemplary
is that extraordinary is not ordinary; exceptional; unusual while exemplary is deserving honour, respect and admiration.As a noun exemplary is
an example, or typical instance; an exemplar.extraordinary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France, passage=Tony Woodcock's early try and a penalty from fourth-choice fly-half Stephen Donald were enough to see the All Blacks home in an extraordinary match that defied all pre-match predictions.}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
Usage notes
* Can be said of all kinds of objects including people, events, things, and terms. * The pronunciation "extrordinary" is often preferred so as to avoid confusion with "extra ordinary", which would be defined as "more ordinary than usual".Synonyms
*Antonyms
* everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usualDerived terms
* extraordinary optical transmission * extraordinary professor * extraordinary renditionexemplary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary .
- as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages
Noun
(exemplaries)- (Donne)