Best
Best adjective - (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities.
Par excellence and best are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Par excellence" instead an adjective "Best".
Par excellence
Par excellence adjective - Of the very best kind.
Best and par excellence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Best" instead an adjective phrase "Par excellence".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Ayeka takes after her mother Misaki, who, being an Action Girl par excellence, couldn't be bothered to learn, while Sasami chose to follow their grandmother Seto who is the best chef in the whole damn Galaxy.
Source: Feminine Women Can Cook -
Honor Harrington is the Action Girl par excellence, but after looking at the rest of the cast, one begins to feel she's hardly remarkable in a universe that contains, among so many more, her parents, her pet, her best friend, Space Marines, super-spies, an Amazon Brigade, and Victor Cachat.
Source: World of Badass -
Opportunistic Bastard par excellence Petyr Baelish shows signs of such an addiction in A Song of Ice and Fire, telling his would-be protégé that he will even make moves that are against his best interests for no other reason than to confuse his enemies as to his true goals.
Source: Complexity Addiction
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