different between extreme vs deep

English

Alternative forms

• extream, extreame (obsolete)
• xtreme (informal, nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extr?mus, the superlative of exter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?st?i?m/, /?k?st?i?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?st?im/

Adjective

extreme (comparative extremer or more extreme, superlative extremest or most extreme)

1. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

2. In the greatest or highest degree; intense.

3. Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

4. Drastic, or of great severity.

5. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.

6. (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.

   the extreme hour of life

Synonyms

• (place): farthest, furthest, most distant, outermost, remotest
• (in greatest or highest degree): greatest, highest
• (excessive): excessive, too much
• (drastic): drastic, severe
• (sports): dangerous
• (ultimate): final, last, ultimate

Antonyms

• (place): closest, nearest
• (in greatest or highest degree): least
• (excessive): moderate, reasonable
• (drastic): moderate, reasonable

Derived terms

• extremeness

Translations

Noun

extreme (plural extremes)

1. The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
2. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
3. A drastic expedient.

4. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

Translations

Adverb

extreme (comparative more extreme, superlative most extreme)

1. (archaic) Extremely.
   • 1796 Charles Burney, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Metastasio 2.5:

     In the empty and extreme cold theatre.

Usage notes

• Formerly used to modify adjectives and sometimes adverbs, but rarely verbs.

Derived terms

• extremism
• extremist
• extremity
• extremely
• extreme ironing
• extreme unction

Related terms

• extremum

See also

• mean

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “extreme”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

extreme

1. Inflected form of extreem

German

Adjective

extreme

1. inflection of extrem:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Ido

Adverb

extreme

1. extremely

Latin

Noun

extr?me

1. vocative singular of extr?mus

References

• extreme in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• extreme in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

Adjective

extreme m or f (plural extremes)

1. extreme

Spanish

Verb

extreme

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of extremar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of extremar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of extremar.

Swedish

Adjective

extreme

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of extrem.

English

Etymology

From Middle English depe, deep, dep, deop, from Old English d?op (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-nós, from *d?ewb- (“deep”). Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Low German deep (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål dyp (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?p, IPA^(key): /di?p/
• Rhymes: -i?p

Adjective

deep (comparative deeper, superlative deepest)

1. (of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
   1. Extending far down from the top or surface; having its bottom far down.
   2. Far in extent in another (non-downwards, but generally also non-upwards) direction away from a point of reference.

   3. In a (specified) number of rows or layers.

   4. Thick.
   5. Voluminous.

      • Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.

   6. A long way inside; situated far in or back.
      1. (cricket, baseball, softball) Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of reference.

      2. (sports, soccer, tennis) A long way forward.

      3. (American football) Relatively farther downfield.
2. (intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
   1. Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
   2. To a significant, not superficial, extent.
      • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

        While Britain’s recession has been deep and unforgiving, in London it has been relatively shallow.

   3. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure.
      • c. 1840, Thomas De Quincey:

        Why it was that the ancients had no landscape painting, is a question deep almost as the mystery of life, and harder of solution than all the problems of jurisprudence combined.

   4. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.
3. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
4. (of a color) Highly saturated.
5. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).

6. Immersed, submerged (in).

7. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.

   • The ways in that vale were very deep.

8. (of time) Distant in the past, ancient.

Synonyms

• (of a hole, water, etc):
• (having great meaning): heavy, meaningful, profound
• (thick in a vertical direction): thick
• (voluminous): great, large, voluminous
• (low in pitch): low, low-pitched
• (of a color, dark and highly saturated): bright, rich, vivid
• (of sleep): fast, heavy

Antonyms

• (of a hole, water, etc): shallow
• (having great meaning): frivolous, light, shallow, superficial
• (in extent in a direction away from the observer): shallow
• (thick in a vertical direction): shallow, thin
• (voluminous): shallow, small
• (low in pitch): high, high-pitched, piping
• (of a color, dark and highly saturated): light, pale, desaturated, washed-out
• (of sleep): light

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• deep-frozen
• deep-level
• deepness
• deep state

Translations

See also

References

• Deep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adverb

deep (comparative more deep, superlative most deep)

1. Deeply.

Translations

Noun

deep (countable and uncountable, plural deeps)

1. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.

   creatures of the deep

2. (literary, with "the") A silent time; quiet isolation.

   the deep of night

3. (rare) A deep shade of colour.
4. (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
5. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
6. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.

   Russell is a safe pair of hands in the deep.

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• deeps

Anagrams

• Peed, peed

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• deef (northern Moselle Franconian; now predominant in Ripuarian)
• dief (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

One of several Ripuarian relict words with an unshifted post-vocalic plosive. Compare Aap (“ape”), söke (“to seek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?p/

Adjective

deep (masculine deepe, feminine deep, comparativer deeper, superlative et deepste)

1. (Ripuarian, archaic in many dialects) deep

Middle English

Adjective

deep

1. Alternative form of depe

Adverb

deep

1. Alternative form of depe

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German diep, from Old Saxon diop.

Adjective

deep

1. deep, profound