ACE vs One - What's the Difference?

ACE

One

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
  • a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
  • someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  • a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
  • proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
  • the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
Definition as Noun
  • the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
  • a single person or thing
Definition as Verb
  • score an ace against
  • play (a hole) in one stroke
  • serve an ace against (someone)
  • succeed at easily
Definition as Verb
Definition as Adjective
  • of the highest quality
Definition as Adjective
  • used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
  • of the same kind or quality
  • indefinite in time or position
  • being a single entity made by combining separate components
  • eminent beyond or above comparison
  • (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
  • having the indivisible character of a unit

Examples

  • "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
  • "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
  • "He aced his opponents"
  • "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course"
  • "`ane' is Scottish"
  • "two animals of one species"
  • "he will come one day"; "one place or another"
  • "three chemicals combining into one solution"
  • "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
  • "that is one fine dog"; "a right fine day"
  • "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice"
  • "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
  • "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"

Parts of Speech

Adjective, Noun, Verb
Adjective, Noun

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