What's the difference between outstanding and phenomenal?

Outstanding


Definition:

  • (a.) That stands out; undischarged; uncollected; not paid; as, outstanding obligations.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The authors suggest that the outstanding high sensitivity of the above mentioned two tests applied parallelly reveals that they highlights partially different aspects of coronary artery disease, and that is why the overlapping between the methods is relatively small.
  • (2) The results obtained in a pilot study (42 patients with 74 lesions), a multicenter trial (254 patients with 553 lesions) and a prospective study still outstanding (29 patients with 38 lesions) allow to consider this system as suitable for clinical application.
  • (3) The outstanding morphologic feature of cortical cells exposed to microunit ACTH concentrations for 40 min was the abundance of electron-dense granules (0.2-0.4 mum).
  • (4) "The victims are very clear that those outstanding matters of detail – which are not on the charter but on the legislation surrounding the incentives mainly – is just as important to them than any detail in the charter."
  • (5) Unsecured lending rose slightly during the month, with outstanding debt increasing by £331m, after contracting by £114m in April.
  • (6) An outstanding antiallatal effect was produced by 7-propargyloxy-P1 in vitro.
  • (7) The outstanding advantages in microsurgery are as follows: (1) After moderate hemodilution had been performed, blood stickiness was so reduced that the resistance of blood stream was decreased.
  • (8) In fact, the overall efficacy of CSFs has been outstanding for disorders hitherto viewed as otherwise refractory.
  • (9) Ipsa also released information about 25 MPs who had sums outstanding as of this week.
  • (10) She also won four Logies for Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Melbourne Press Club Gold Quill in 2013, the George Munster award and the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award – for stories on people smuggling and the culture of rugby league.
  • (11) No outstandingly high value for gametic association between the alleles of the 2 HL-A series was observed, but haplotypes formed by antigens with dissimilar frequencies in Caucasoids, Negroids and American Indian tribes have shown statistically significant D values.
  • (12) The former Friends star Lisa Kudrow won the Webby for outstanding comedic performance as the star, co-writer and co-producer of online show Web Therapy.
  • (13) Comment is free contributor Jack Monroe made the Guardian shortlist and got one commenter's You Tell Us award for Outstanding Excellence in the field of Talking Sense .
  • (14) "In terms of targeting there are similarities [with Dave], it has continued to deliver outstanding numbers but it relies on a lot of UK specific humour.
  • (15) Aaron Ramsey, who scored the opening goal and set up Bale for the third, was outstanding, Joe Allen delivered another imperious performance in centre midfield and then there was that wonderful moment when Neil Taylor, of all people, popped up with the second goal.
  • (16) Not so in 2012, with the shortlist for outstanding achievement in dance revealed as Edward Watson for The Metamorphosis at Covent Garden; Sylvie Guillem for 6,000 Miles Away at Sadler's Wells and Tommy Franzen for Some Like it Hip Hop at the Peacock.
  • (17) Disturbed wound healing, arterial insufficiency and malignant rheumatoid arthritis are the outstanding risk factors.
  • (18) Boyle, who on Sunday night received an outstanding contribution prize at the Empire awards, said he was not a fan of stereoscope on film and doubted it would survive.
  • (19) This, together with his remarkable intellect, enabled him to produce outstanding research work within a large spectrum of sciences more or less directly related to ophthalmology.
  • (20) The Huddersfield half-back, who is on a shortlist of three to be crowned Man of Steel as the outstanding player of the Super League season on Monday night, has never been a favourite of the England coach, Steve McNamara, who omitted Brough from the 30-man training squad announced in March .

Phenomenal


Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, a phenomenon; hence, extraordinary; wonderful; as, a phenomenal memory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Relief on contributions, national insurance, tax-exempt lump sums and others amounts to a phenomenal £48.4bn a year.
  • (2) Consider this from Forrester Research: 2bn smartphones generate raw data from built-in functions: accelerometers, cameras, and GPS chipsets – creating phenomenal insights about consumer, patient, and physician preferences.
  • (3) Walter has been speaking at events around the country, and says the feedback has been phenomenal.
  • (4) By now seemingly every print and online outlet has had a crack at explaining why the Sunday shows are so phenomenally useless.
  • (5) An obvious comparison, made by Gensler, is with the High Line in New York, the phenomenally successful park made out of an old railway viaduct, which like the River Park is long and thin.
  • (6) The background was hotter on one side of the sky and cooler on the other: a "dipole" that meant our galaxy was moving at a phenomenal relative speed, which could only be explained if there was a huge undiscovered distant structure somewhere in space, such as a supercluster of galaxies, pulling it (this was found later and is called the "great attractor").
  • (7) This phenomen may be discussed from the 30th minute after intake.
  • (8) It was found that (a) the suppressive effect, measured by frequency of phenomenal disappearance of the probe stimulus, declined sharply in proportion to the distance from the contour of the suppressor, and it declined more sharply near the center of the visual field and (b) the same effect increased in proportion to the contrast of the suppressor, but was independent of the width of the suppressor.
  • (9) The intercellular space of the stratum basale and stratum spinosum was usually dilated, exhibiting acantholytic phenomen.
  • (10) "'This has been a phenomenal year and a great welcome back into comedy for me," he said.
  • (11) Photograph: Alan Richardson for the Guardian Watt’s wife, Johanna Basford, whose rise has neatly paralleled his (she is the author and illustrator of a phenomenally successful series of adult colouring books that have so far sold 15m copies) also told me at the launch: “They work harder than anyone I know.
  • (12) There’s also the radical and phenomenally powerful face-to-face meeting, which is often ignored because it actually requires management to show their face.
  • (13) Two hypotheses are identified in applying phenomenal geometry.
  • (14) It is a chain of ragged destitution, on the doorstep – sometimes literally – of phenomenal wealth generation.
  • (15) "[Gaga's] rise has been phenomenally fast, and to manage such a quick climb to the top is incredibly difficult.
  • (16) Any Olympic medal is a phenomenal achievement but having had three in the past I wanted a gold one to complete the collection."
  • (17) Did Mourinho really once say that Hazard might have overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo as the most phenomenal player on the planet bar Lionel Messi?
  • (18) The consequences of the phenomene on genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis are discussed.
  • (19) 1 the threshold of the resolution distance of square gratings having the same phenomenal frequencies (as observed in a 1985 experiment by Vardabasso and Zanuttini), although different areas, was checked.
  • (20) "The density of the archaeology, the scale of the buildings and the skill that was used to construct them are simply phenomenal.