different between exception vs exceptional

English

Etymology

From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin excepti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?p??n/

Noun

exception (countable and uncountable, plural exceptions)

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

2. That which is excluded from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included.

3. (law) An objection, on legal grounds; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts or reserves something before the right is transferred.
5. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; — usually followed by to or against.
6. (computing) An interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition, that can be handled by another part of the program.

Antonyms

• (that which is excepted or taken out from others): commonness, generality

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excepti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?p.sj??/

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. exception

   Antonym: règle

Derived terms

• à l'exception de
• exceptionnel

Further reading

• “exception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

exception f (plural exceptions)

1. (computing) exception (an interruption in normal processing)

   Synonym: exceção

English

Etymology

exception +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?s?p??n?l/
• Hyphenation: ex?cep?tion?al

Adjective

exceptional (comparative more exceptional, superlative most exceptional)

1. Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

   What an exceptional flower!

2. Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.

   The quality of the beer was exceptional.

3. (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

   an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excellent
• egregious (most often used negatively, however)

Antonyms

• (forming an exception): ordinary, categorical, common, general, usual
• (superior due to exception or rarity): ordinary, mediocre, commonplace

Derived terms

• exceptional space
• exceptionally
• exceptionalism

Translations

Noun

exceptional (plural exceptionals)

1. An exception, or something having an exceptional value
   • 1909, Pediatrics (volume 21, page 276)

     Above and beyond all these exceptionals, by reason of divergencies from the norms of mental and of physical status, there are quite a number of moral defectives.