Exceptional
Exceptional adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Incidental and exceptional are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Incidental" instead an adjective "Exceptional".
Incidental
Incidental adjective - Happening by chance.
Exceptional and incidental are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exceptional" instead an adjective "Incidental".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Humans have done well for themselves after getting over war, but their only real exceptional features are incidental and culture-specific (a nudity taboo, the female life-mate often assuming part of the male's name).
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