boring vs exceptional

boring

adj
  • Capable of penetrating; piercing. 

  • Used, designed to be used, or able to drill holes. 

  • Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do. 

  • Causing boredom or tiredness; making you to feel tired and impatient. 

noun
  • Fragment thrown up when something is bored or drilled. 

  • A pit or hole which has been bored. 

exceptional

adj
  • Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence. 

  • Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare. 

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

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

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