What's the difference between superb and supreme?

Superb


Definition:

  • (a.) Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
  • (a.) Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.
  • (a.) Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After darting in from the left the forward fired a low shot past Martínez at the near post to crown a superb personal performance.
  • (2) This assay provides superb reproducibility and a recovery rate without the influence of any anti-coagulants and hemolysis.
  • (3) Ibrahimovic only came alive in the second half, when he had a hand in Rashford’s goal and also drew a superb save from Heurelho Gomes with a far-post header.
  • (4) The home side looked to have done enough to battle to victory after taking an early lead through a superb free-kick by the full-back Aaron Cresswell.
  • (5) While it was always possible to wash down the superb Rhodesian beef with fine Portuguese and South African wines at several hotels, Salisbury had difficulty living up to its nickname of Surbiton in the Bush.
  • (6) Shilton has had scarcely anything to do all night but now produces a superb save from Klinsmann.
  • (7) The wins were a team effort, combining superb starting pitching with a suddenly revitalized offense, one that has delivered a staggering 12th-fewest runs in the American League this season.
  • (8) MRI is capable of demonstrating superb anatomic detail of the appendicular skeleton and articulations.
  • (9) All of Goyrand's work was edited by Masson in 1870, including a superb case report of giant elephantiasis of the penis and scrotum, a study on cleft lip and the technique of using collodion bands to close large wounds [corrected].
  • (10) His finishing, however, left much to be desired, and he missed another good chance when played through by a superb pass from the inventive Allen.
  • (11) Brad Guzan produced a superb save to deny Ayew, rushing off his line to smother a left-foot shot from six yards out, and 33 seconds later the Swansea forward’s brother had the ball in the net at the other end.
  • (12) How they needed a piece of quality here and it was Mahrez who provided it, the Algeria international scoring with a superb strike.
  • (13) It was a superb team goal, showed Arsenal at their counterattacking best, and emphasised the chasm in class.
  • (14) His last film (Something in the Air) played at Venice, though he was in Cannes as recently as 2010 with his superb, made-for-TV thriller Carlos.
  • (15) First lit in 1817, the lighthouse opened to visitors for day tours and overnight stays earlier this year and has superb coastal walks and beaches nearby.
  • (16) If Hart was hardly hyperactive either the England goalkeeper must still have been mightily relieved to see Pablo Zabaleta make a superb clearance from Townsend’s cross just as Mitrovic, on as a substitute, seemed likely to apply his forehead to it.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Formation: ‘Here, this superstar locates herself in time and place – in other words, in her own political history.’ Photograph: YouTube That this played out on mainstream TV is significant, as is the superb new video for Formation.
  • (18) In the closing minutes Mignolet produced a superb save to deny Bakambu and Moreno broke the length of the field following a Villarreal corner only to slice wide from 12 yards.
  • (19) That followed a confident start by Villa during which a header by Ciaran Clark had required a superb save from Wojciech Szczesny to keep it out.
  • (20) Then Valeri's superb improvised finish (he specializes in those, it seems) doubled the lead on the night, and Portland are cruising.

Supreme


Definition:

  • (a.) Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.
  • (a.) Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.
  • (a.) Situated at the highest part or point.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Earlier this week the supreme court in London ruled against a mother and daughter from Northern Ireland who had wanted to establish the right to have a free abortion in an English NHS hospital.
  • (2) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
  • (3) To organise society as an individualistic war of one against another was barbaric, while the other models, slavishly following the rules of one religion or one supreme leader, denied freedom.
  • (4) However, the law minister indicated he would allow the supreme court to approve a draft of the letter.
  • (5) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
  • (6) America's same-sex couples, and the politicians who have barred gay marriage in 30 states, are looking to the supreme court to hand down a definitive judgment on where the constitution stands on an issue its framers are unlikely to have imagined would ever be considered.
  • (7) Part II reviews Supreme Court cases and state law regarding abortion counseling, critizing both the Court's narrow view of counseling and the states' failure to use the legislative process to create laws which benefit maternal health.
  • (8) Tension heightened last week after Davis continued to refuse licenses to couples; on Friday, she filed a request to the supreme court to stay the lower court’s decision.
  • (9) Egypt has been without a sitting lower house of parliament since summer 2012, when it was dissolved by the country's supreme court .
  • (10) Same-sex marriage: supreme court's swing votes hang in the balance – live Read more The court heard legal arguments for two and a half hours, in a landmark challenge to state bans on same-sex marriage that is expected to yield a decision in June.
  • (11) In the Proposition 8 legal action, the supreme court could decide: • There is a constitutional right, under the equal protection clauses, for gay couples to wed, in which case the laws in 30 states prohibiting same-sex marriages are overturned.
  • (12) The difficulty has been increased with the recent Supreme Court decision which it ruled the Alien Tort Claims Act does not apply outside of the country and dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell.
  • (13) The current president of the supreme court, Lord Phillips, who steps down at the end of September, welcomed his successor, praising his "wealth of judicial experience" and "ability to lead a collegiate court".
  • (14) The advocates had attempted to get a decision by filing lawsuits directly with the supreme court rather than through an appeal of a lower court decision.
  • (15) Though there will be an open competition, the job is expected to go to Lord Dyson, who will step down from the supreme court to become master of the rolls.
  • (16) Her lawyer, Winston Cochran, said he would mount last-minute appeals and potentially take the case to the supreme court.
  • (17) Last September, propelled by the success of the Irish referendum and the US supreme court decision, the idea that Australian parliamentarians should, as a matter of conscience, reconsider marriage equality was gathering powerful force.
  • (18) They also said there was no clear common law right to vote in the UK.The supreme court will publish a full ruling later.
  • (19) Critics of Rouhani’s policy of rapprochement with the international community inside Iran can turn to the supreme leader and say there wasn’t really much need for that softer tone because now we have more bargaining chips in our hands.
  • (20) Nonetheless, the NSA persuaded Erwin Griswold, the former dean of Harvard law school, the then solicitor general of the United States, to knowingly lie to the United States supreme court that it was still a secret.