Number one
Number one adjective - Of the very best kind.
Usage example: the company's chocolate is rated as number one by serious chocoholics
Special and number one are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective phrase "Number one".
Special
Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Number one and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Number one" instead an adjective "Special".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Kashima seems to think that Hori's special way of dealing with her whenever she pisses him off is because she's his "number one".
- In the World Gone Mad, World War II Talents don't wear costumes or even special insignias because that instantly makes them priority target number one.
Source: Tabletop Game / Wild Talents -
Top of the Pops, former long-running music show that was killed off after a disastrous rebranding back in 2006, now survives as an annual special which serves mainly to announce who has secured the above-mentioned coveted Christmas Number One single, usually from a The X Factor winner.
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