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Rare vs. Seldom

Difference Between Rare and Seldom

Rare

Infrequently occurring; uncommon
a rare event.
a plant that is rare in this region.
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Seldom

Not often; infrequently or rarely. See Usage Note at rarely.
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Rare

Excellent; extraordinary
a rare sense of honor.
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Seldom

Infrequent; rare
one of my seldom visits to the area.
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Rare

Thin in density; rarefied
rare air.
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Seldom

Infrequently, rarely.
They seldom come here now.
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Rare

Cooked just a short time so as to retain juice and redness
a rare steak.
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Seldom

(archaic) Rare; infrequent.
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Rare

Very uncommon; scarce.
Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
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Seldom

Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one.
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Rare

(of a gas) Thin; of low density.
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Seldom

Rare; infrequent.
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Rare

Good; enjoyable.
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Seldom

not often;
we rarely met
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Rare

(cooking) Particularly of meat, especially beefsteak: cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red.
well done
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Rare

(obsolete) Early.
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Rare

(gaming) A scarce or uncommon item.
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Rare

To rear, rise up, start backwards.
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Rare

To rear, bring up, raise.
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Rare

Early.
Rude mechanicals that rare and lateWork in the market place.
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Rare

Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.
New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy careTurned by a gentle fire, and roasted rare.
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Rare

Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.
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Rare

Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found.
Rare work, all filled with terror and delight.
Above the rest I judge one beauty rare.
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Rare

Thinly scattered; dispersed.
Those rare and solitary, these in flocks.
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Rare

Characterized by wide separation of parts; of loose texture; not thick or dense; thin; as, a rare atmosphere at high elevations.
Water is nineteen times lighter, and by consequence nineteen times rarer, than gold.
A perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in the world.
When any particular piece of money grew very scarce, it was often recoined by a succeeding emperor.
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Rare

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness;
a rare word
rare books
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Rare

recurring only at long intervals;
a rare appearance
total eclipses are rare events
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Rare

not widely distributed;
rare herbs
rare patches of gree in the desert
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Rare

marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind;
what is so rare as a day in June
a rare skill
an uncommon sense of humor
she was kind to an uncommon degree
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Rare

having low density;
rare gasses
lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air
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Rare

(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside;
rare roast beef
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