Difference between Inferior and Humble

What is the difference between Inferior and Humble?

Inferior as an adjective is of lower quality while Humble as an adjective is near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

Inferior

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of lower quality of lower rank located below In botany, inside the flower stalk below the petals. Said of an ovary.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a person of lower stature to another

Example sentence: Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Humble

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.

Example sentence: It keeps me humble just to know exactly where I came from and all the hard work I had to put in to be here. It feels good to reminisce about the past.

We hope you now know whether to use Inferior or Humble in your sentence.

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