Exhaustive vs. Exclusive
Difference Between Exhaustive and Exclusive
Exhaustiveadjective
including every possible element
We made an exhaustive list.Exclusiveadjective
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
Exhaustiveadjective
fully comprehensive
Exclusiveadjective
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.Exhaustiveadjective
causing exhaustion; very tiring
Exclusiveadjective
Exclusionary.
Exhaustiveadjective
very thorough; exhaustively complete;
an exhaustive studymade a thorough searchthoroughgoing researchExclusiveadjective
Whole, undivided, entire.
The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.Exclusiveadjective
(linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".Exclusiveadjective
(of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
They decided to no longer be exclusive.Exclusivenoun
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier natureExclusivenoun
A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
Exclusivenoun
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply''.
Exclusivenoun
a news report that is reported first by one news organization;
he got a scoop on the bribery of city officialsExclusiveadjective
not divided or shared with others;
they have exclusive use of the machinesole rights of publicationExclusiveadjective
excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority;
exclusive clubsan exclusive restaurants and shopsExclusiveadjective
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective;
judging a contest with a single eyea single devotion to dutyundivided affectiongained their exclusive attention
