different between surprising vs exceptional
surprising
English
Etymology
From surprise +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p?a?z??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??p?a?z??/
- (General American, r-dissimilation) IPA(key): /s??p?a?z??/
- Hyphenation: sur?pris?ing
- Rhymes: -a?z??
Verb
surprising
- present participle of surprise
Adjective
surprising (comparative more surprising, superlative most surprising)
- Causing surprise.
Synonyms
- astonishing, unexpected
Derived terms
- surprisingly
See Thesaurus:surprising
Translations
Noun
surprising (plural surprisings)
- A situation in which somebody is surprised.
- 1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists (page xii)
- But the comments of most of these novelists are the record of their continual surprisings by the varieties of moral and aesthetic truths.
- 1983, David Dowling, Novelists on Novelists (page xii)
surprising From the web:
- what surprisingly happens to churchill in 1945
- what surprising things have gluten
exceptional
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)
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- What an exceptional flower!
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
- The quality of the beer was exceptional.
- (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)
- 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.
- 1909, Pediatrics (volume 21, page 276)
exceptional From the web:
- what exceptional mean
- what exceptional leaders know
- what exceptional customer service means
- what exceptional delegation
- what exceptionality is adhd
- what does exceptional mean
- what do exceptional mean
- what does it mean when someone is exceptional
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