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Amazing vs. Extraordinary — What's the Difference?

Amazing vs. Extraordinary — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Amazing and Extraordinary

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Amazing

To affect with great wonder; astonish.

Extraordinary

Very unusual or remarkable
It is extraordinary that no consultation took place
The extraordinary plumage of the male

Amazing

(Obsolete) To bewilder; perplex.

Extraordinary

(of a meeting) specially convened
An extraordinary session of the Congress

Amazing

To cause great wonder or astonishment
A sight that amazes.
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Extraordinary

An item in a company's accounts not arising from its normal activities.

Amazing

Amazement; wonder.

Extraordinary

Beyond what is ordinary or usual
Extraordinary authority.

Amazing

Present participle of amaze

Extraordinary

Highly exceptional; remarkable
An extraordinary achievement.

Amazing

Causing wonder and amazement; very surprising.

Extraordinary

Employed or used for a special service, function, or occasion
A minister extraordinary.
An extraordinary professor.

Amazing

(informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.

Extraordinary

Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.

Amazing

Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.

Extraordinary

Remarkably good.
An extraordinary poet

Amazing

Surprising greatly;
She does an amazing amount of work
The dog was capable of astonishing tricks

Extraordinary

Special or supernumerary.
The physician extraordinary in a royal household
An extraordinary professor in a German university

Amazing

Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder;
New York is an amazing city
The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
The awesome complexity of the universe
This sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath
Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent

Extraordinary

Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.

Extraordinary

Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.
Which disposeTo something extraordinary my thoughts.

Extraordinary

Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.

Extraordinary

Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.

Extraordinary

That which is extraordinary; - used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions.

Extraordinary

Beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable;
Extraordinary authority
An extraordinary achievement
Her extraordinary beauty
Enjoyed extraordinary popularity
An extraordinary capacity for work
An extraordinary session of the legislature

Extraordinary

Far more than usual or expected;
An extraordinary desire for approval
It was an over-the-top experience

Extraordinary

(of an official) serving an unusual or special function in addition to those of the regular officials;
An ambassador extraordinary

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