The difference between Great and Ordinary
When used as nouns, great means a person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim, whereas ordinary means a devotional manual.
When used as adjectives, great means relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. , whereas ordinary means having regular jurisdiction.
Great is also interjection with the meaning: expression of gladness and content about something.
Great is also adverb with the meaning: very well.
check bellow for the other definitions of Great and Ordinary
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Great as an adjective:
Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big.
Examples:
"A great storm is approaching our shores."
"a great assembly"
"a great wait"
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Great as an adjective:
Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.
Examples:
"the great auk"
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Great as an adjective (qualifying nouns of family relationship):
Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]
Examples:
"'great-grandfather"
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Great as an adjective (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with'):
Pregnant; large with young; full of.
Examples:
"'great with child"
"'great with hope"
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Great as an adjective (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy'):
Intimate; familiar.
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Great as an adjective:
Extreme or more than usual.
Examples:
"'great worry"
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Great as an adjective:
Of significant importance or consequence; important.
Examples:
"a great decision"
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Great as an adjective (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings):
Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.
Examples:
"a great deed"
"a great nature"
"a great history"
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Great as an adjective:
Impressive or striking.
Examples:
"a great show of wealth"
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Great as an adjective:
Much in use; favoured.
Examples:
"Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era."
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Great as an adjective (applied to persons):
Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.
Examples:
"a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc."
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Great as an adjective:
Title referring to an important leader.
Examples:
"Alexander the Great'"
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Great as an adjective:
Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.
Examples:
"What a great buffoon!"
"He's not a great one for reading."
"a great walker"
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Great as an adjective (often followed by 'at'):
Skilful or adroit.
Examples:
"a great carpenter"
"You are great at singing."
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Great as an adjective (informal):
Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).
Examples:
"Dinner was great."
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Great as an adjective (informal, British):
Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.
Examples:
"a dirty great smack in the face"
"'Great Scott!"
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Great as a noun:
A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.
Examples:
"Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science."
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Great as a noun (music):
The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.
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Great as an adverb:
very well
Examples:
"Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened."
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Ordinary as an adjective (legal, of a judge):
Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
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Ordinary as an adjective:
Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
Examples:
"On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym."
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Ordinary as an adjective:
Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
Examples:
"I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica."
"He looked so ordinary, I never thought he'd be capable of murder."
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Ordinary as an adjective (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, informal):
Bad or undesirable.
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Ordinary as a noun (obsolete):
A devotional manual.
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Ordinary as a noun (Christianity):
A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.
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Ordinary as a noun:
A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
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Ordinary as a noun (obsolete):
A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment.
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Ordinary as a noun (archaic, _, or, _, historical):
A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.
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Ordinary as a noun (heraldry):
One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
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Ordinary as a noun:
An ordinary thing or person; the mass; the common run.
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Ordinary as a noun (historical):
A penny-farthing bicycle.