Beautiful vs. Exceptional

Beautiful vs. Exceptional — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Beautiful and Exceptional

Beautifuladjective

Attractive and possessing beauty.

Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful.There's a beautiful lake by the town.

Exceptionaladjective

Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.

What an exceptional flower!

Beautifuladjective

(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.

It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk.

Exceptionaladjective

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

The quality of the beer was exceptional.

Beautifuladjective

Well executed.

The skater performed a beautiful axel.

Exceptionaladjective

(geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.

an exceptional curve; an exceptional divisor
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Beautifuladjective

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration;

a beautiful childbeautiful countrya beautiful paintinga beautiful theorya beautiful party

Exceptionalnoun

An exception, or something having an exceptional value

Beautifuladjective

aesthetically pleasing

Exceptionaladjective

far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree;

a night of exceeding darknessan exceptional memoryolympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcythe young Mozart's prodigious talents

Beautifuladjective

(of weather) highly enjoyable;

what a beautiful day

Exceptionaladjective

surpassing what is common or usual or expected;

he paid especial attention to herexceptional kindnessa matter of particular and unusual importancea special occasiona special reason to confide in herwhat's so special about the year 2000?
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Exceptionaladjective

deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence;

special educational provisions for exceptional children