exceptional vs prodigious

exceptional and prodigious both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exceptional	No	Yes	No	No
prodigious	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, exceptional and prodigious are synonyms defined as:

exceptional and prodigious: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

Other synonyms of exceptional include exceeding, olympian, surpassing.

exceptional (adjective)	prodigious (adjective)
deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence	far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree	so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
surpassing what is common or usual or expected	of momentous or ominous significance