different between occasional vs extraordinary

English

Etymology

occasion +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ke??(?)n?l/
• Hyphenation: oc?ca?sion?al

Adjective

occasional (not comparable)

1. Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often.

2. Created for a specific occasion.

3. Intended for use as the occasion requires.

4. Acting in the indicated role from time to time.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

occasional (plural occasionals)

1. A person who does something only occasionally.

References

• occasional at OneLook Dictionary Search
• occasional in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• extra-ordinary
• extraördinary (rare)

Etymology

From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
• Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry

Adjective

extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)

1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
2. Remarkably good.

3. Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

   an extraordinary professor in a German university

Synonyms

• exceptional
• unparalleled
• noteworthy
• outstanding

Antonyms

• everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Derived terms

• extraordinary optical transmission
• extraordinary professor
• extraordinary rendition

Translations

Noun

extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)

1. Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
   • 1787, The New Annual Register

     […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.