Greatest and Popular

Greatest

Greatest adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

Popular and greatest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Popular" instead an adjective "Greatest".

Popular

Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.

Greatest and popular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Greatest" instead an adjective "Popular".

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Heimskringla aka: King Haralds Saga Good Is Not Soft: Håkon the Good, the most popular of all Kings of Norway, but also the greatest warrior and best fighter of them all.
  • As popular as the show is in the United States (where it's considered one of the greatest TV shows of all time), it's even more popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
  • Batman is also often cited as the greatest comic book adaptation of all time and some even go so far as to call it the greatest cartoon of all time, where as X-Men, though popular in its time and considered a good series in its own right, never gets that kind of praise.
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