Exceptional vs. Extraordinary

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  • Exceptional (adjective)

    Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

    “What an exceptional flower!”

  • Exceptional (adjective)

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

    “The quality of the beer was exceptional.”

  • Exceptional (adjective)

    Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

    “an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor”

  • Exceptional (noun)

    An exception, or something having an exceptional value

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    Remarkably good.

    “an extraordinary poet”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    Special or supernumerary.

    “the physician extraordinary in a royal household”

    “an extraordinary professor in a German university”

  • Extraordinary (noun)

    Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.

Wiktionary
  • Exceptional (adjective)

    unusual; not typical

    “late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances”

  • Exceptional (adjective)

    unusually good; outstanding

    “a child of exceptional ability”

  • Exceptional (noun)

    an item in a company’s accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    very unusual or remarkable

    “it is extraordinary that no consultation took place”

    “the extraordinary plumage of the male”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    unusually great

    “young children need extraordinary amounts of attention”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    (of a meeting) specially convened

    “an extraordinary session of the Congress”

  • Extraordinary (adjective)

    (of an official) specially employed in addition to the usual staff

    “an Ambassador Extraordinary”

  • Extraordinary (noun)

    an item in a company’s accounts not arising from its normal activities.

Oxford Dictionary

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