acme vs superlative

acme

noun
  • A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. 

  • A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point. 

  • Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness. 

  • Full bloom or reproductive maturity. 

superlative

noun
  • The extreme (e.g. highest, lowest, deepest, farthest, etc) extent or degree of something. 

  • An adjective used to praise something exceptional. 

  • The form of an adjective that expresses which of several items has the highest degree of the quality expressed by the adjective; in English, formed by appending "-est" to the end of the adjective (for some short adjectives only) or putting "most" before it. 

adj
  • Exceptionally good; of the highest quality; superb. 

  • Of or relating to a superlative. 

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