What's the difference between superb and unique?

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.

Unique


Definition:

  • (a.) Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole.
  • (n.) A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Virtually every developed country has some form of property tax, so the idea that valuing residential property is uniquely difficult, or that it would be widely evaded, is nonsense.
  • (2) Chromatographic maps of DNA adducts demonstrated unique patterns of DNA adducts for each of the regions.
  • (3) A sperm whale myoglobin gene containing multiple unique restriction sites has been constructed in pUC 18 by sequential assembly of chemically synthesized oligonucleotide fragments.
  • (4) The temporary loss of a family member through deployment brings unique stresses to a family in three different stages: predeployment, survival, and reunion.
  • (5) This is a report concerning a unique combination of Alzheimer's disease with the following refluxes: buccosalivary, gastroesophageal, vesicoureteral, urethroprostatic and urethrovesicular, along with neurogenic bowel and neuropathic bladder.
  • (6) A constellation of histologic lesions was identified in brain (diffuse meningoencephalitis with bilaterally symmetrical thalamic necrosis), liver (pericholangiohepatitis), lung (pneumonitis), and spleen (lymphoid hyperplasia); this tetrad is apparently unique to this model system.
  • (7) Monoclonal antibodies to human thyroglobulin may offer a unique opportunity to confirm the tissue origin of cutaneous metastasis.
  • (8) The presence of a previously unreported dipeptide transport mechanism within blood leukocytes and the selective enrichment of the granule enzyme, DPPI, within cytotoxic effector cells of lymphoid or myeloid lineage appear to afford a unique mechanism for the targeting of immunotherapeutic reagents composed of simple dipeptide esters or amides.
  • (9) The problem-based system provides a unique integration of acquiring theoretical knowledge in the basic sciences through clinical problem solving which was highly rated in all analysed phases.
  • (10) Radio-immunoprecipitation and partial proteolytic digest mapping showed that the monoclonal antibodies each recognized a unique epitope.
  • (11) Structural studies indicate that caveolae are decorated on their cytoplasmic surface by a unique array of filaments or strands that form striated coatings.
  • (12) Silicon, a relatively unknown trace element in nutritional research, has been uniquely localized in active calcification sites in young bone.
  • (13) These neurons can be identified uniquely by 3H-thymidine exposure during the week preceding the neurogenesis of cortical layer 6.
  • (14) But it is a huge logistical problem – unique in the world.
  • (15) A basic premise is that emotional process is not unique to homo sapiens and that human behavior might better be understood by observing this process in the broader context of all natural systems.
  • (16) Although GD1a was also found in the lung, heart, kidney, and spleen, its expression within the murine immune cells under investigation was unique to TH2 lymphocytes.
  • (17) "Our black, Muslim and Jewish citizens will sleep much less easily now the BBC has legitimised the BNP by treating its racist poison as the views of just another mainstream political party when it is so uniquely evil and dangerous."
  • (18) The unique case of an elderly man presenting with right L2-3 radiculopathy is described.
  • (19) Because each linkage project is different, the modular nature of the software allows for better control of the programming process and development of unique strategies.
  • (20) The testing of this program with HSIRPR cDNA release (EMBL data bank) indicated the presence of unique features in the signal peptide coding region.