different between first-rate vs top-notch

first-rate

English

Noun

first-rate (plural first-rates)

  1. (military, nautical, historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks

Adjective

first-rate

  1. (military, nautical, historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks.
  2. (by extension) Exceptionally good.
    • 1867, Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature
      Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German.

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See also

  • second-rate
  • third-rate
  • fourth-rate

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top-notch

English

Adjective

top-notch (comparative more top-notch, superlative most top-notch)

  1. Alternative form of top notch (of the highest quality)

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