Valuable vs Select - What's the difference?
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Having a great value.
estimable; deserving esteem
a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.
Privileged, specially selected.
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*:A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Of high quality; top-notch.
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To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
Valuable is a related term of select.
As adjectives the difference between valuable and select
is that valuable is having a great value while select is select.As a noun valuable
is a personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value; — usually used in plural form.valuable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- valuable gemstones
- a valuable''' friend; a '''valuable companion
Synonyms
* (l), (l)Antonyms
* worthlessNoun
(en noun)select
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(en verb)- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.