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