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Super vs. Excellent — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Super and Excellent

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Definitions

Super

An article or a product of superior size, quality, or grade.

Excellent

Extremely good; outstanding
Their results are excellent
The lorry was in excellent condition

Super

A superintendent in an apartment or office building.

Excellent

Used to indicate approval or pleasure
‘What a lovely idea! Excellent!’

Super

A supernumerary.
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Excellent

Of the highest or finest quality; exceptionally good for its kind
Enjoyed an excellent meal at the restaurant.

Super

Very large, great, or extreme
"yet another super Skyscraper" (Dylan Thomas).

Excellent

(Archaic) Being so to an extreme degree.

Super

Excellent; first-rate
A super party.

Excellent

Having excelled, having surpassed.
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Super

Especially; extremely
A super accurate missile.
Was super careful.

Excellent

Of higher or the highest quality; splendid.

Super

Of excellent quality, superfine.

Excellent

Exceptionally good of its kind.

Super

Better than average, better than usual; wonderful.

Excellent

Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality.

Super

(informal) Very; extremely (used like the prefix super-).
The party was super awesome.

Excellent

(obsolete) Excellently.

Super

(beekeeping) superhive

Excellent

Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.
To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair.

Super

, especially, a building's resident manager sometimes clarified as “building super”.

Excellent

Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; - used with words of a bad significance.
Their sorrows are most excellent.

Super

(neologism) nodot=1, especially as distinguished from bright.

Excellent

Excellently; eminently; exceedingly.

Super

; (theatre) specifically, a supernumerary actor.

Excellent

Of the highest quality;
Made an excellent speech
The school has excellent teachers
A first-class mind

Super

(beekeeping) superhive

Super

(television) superimpose

Super

A contraction of Supernumerary, in sense 2.

Super

A caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

Super

Of the highest quality;
An ace reporter
A crack shot
A first-rate golfer
A super party
Played top-notch tennis
An athlete in tiptop condition
She is absolutely tops

Super

Including more than a specified category;
A super experiment

Super

Extremely large;
Another super skyscraper

Super

To an extreme degree;
The house was super clean for Mother's visit

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