The difference between Exceptional and Singular

When used as nouns, exceptional means an exception, or something having an exceptional value, whereas singular means a form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

When used as adjectives, exceptional means forming an exception, whereas singular means being only one of a larger population.

check bellow for the other definitions of Exceptional and Singular

  1. Exceptional as an adjective:

    Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

    Examples:

    "What an exceptional flower!"

  2. Exceptional as an adjective:

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

    Examples:

    "The quality of the beer was exceptional."

  3. Exceptional as an adjective (geometry):

    Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

    Examples:

    "an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor"

  1. Exceptional as a noun:

    An exception, or something having an exceptional value

  1. Singular as an adjective:

    Being only one of a larger population.

    Examples:

    "A singular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon."

  2. Singular as an adjective:

    Being the only one of the kind; unique.

    Examples:

    "She has a singular personality."

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  3. Singular as an adjective:

    Distinguished by superiority; eminent; extraordinary; exceptional.

    Examples:

    "a man of singular gravity or attainments"

  4. Singular as an adjective:

    Out of the ordinary; curious.

    Examples:

    "It was very singular; I don't know why he did it."

  5. Singular as an adjective (grammar):

    Referring to only one thing or person.

  6. Singular as an adjective (linear algebra, of matrix):

    Having no inverse.

  7. Singular as an adjective (linear algebra, of transformation):

    Having the property that the matrix of coefficients of the new variables has a determinant equal to zero.

  8. Singular as an adjective (set theory, of a cardinal number):

    Not equal to its own .

  9. Singular as an adjective (legal):

    Each; individual.

    Examples:

    "to convey several parcels of land, all and singular"

  10. Singular as an adjective (obsolete):

    Engaged in by only one on a side; single.

  1. Singular as a noun (grammar):

    A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

  2. Singular as a noun (logic):

    That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.

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