grade A vs par excellence

grade A

par excellence

adj
  • Being the proper or truest example of a general name. 

  • Being a quintessential example of a general type. 

adv
  • Because or on account of one's excellence. 

  • In a superior way, in the most representative or fully-developed manner. 

  • Most especially, in particular, most notably (out of a thing or person's other attributes, roles, etc.). 

How often have the words grade A and par excellence occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )