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piece de resistance vs peculiarity

peculiarity vs piece de resistance

piece de resistance and peculiarity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
piece de resistance Yes No No No
peculiarity Yes No No No
As nouns, peculiarity is a hypernym of piece de resistance; that is, peculiarity is a word with a broader meaning than piece de resistance:
  • piece de resistance: the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
  • peculiarity: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
Other hypernyms of piece de resistance include curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity.
piece de resistance (noun) peculiarity (noun)
the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
the most important dish of a meal a distinguishing trait
an odd or unusual characteristic
Difference between piece de resistance and peculiarity

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