crackerjack vs exceptional

crackerjack

adj
  • Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality. 

  • Expert, top-rated or high-performing. 

  • Referring to clothing items (pants, jersey, collar) that constitute the traditional blue uniform of the enlisted men of the US Navy. 

noun
  • A U.S. Navy sailor. 

  • The traditional blue uniforms of the enlisted men of the US Navy. 

  • An expert or top-rated individual (e.g., a marksman). 

  • An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person. 

  • Popcorn candied in molasses-flavored caramel and peanuts. 

exceptional

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

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

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

noun
  • An exception, or something having an exceptional value 

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