Difference between Trivial and Ordinary

What is the difference between Trivial and Ordinary?

Trivial as an adjective is of little significance or value. while Ordinary as an adjective is having regular jurisdiction (of a judge; now only used in certain phrases).

Trivial

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of little significance or value. Common, ordinary. Concerned with or involving trivia. Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic. Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case. Self-evident. pertaining to the trivium

Example sentence: Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

Ordinary

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having regular jurisdiction (of a judge; now only used in certain phrases).Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane (often deprecatory).bad or undesirable.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A devotional manual.A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of service, especially of Mass.A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.A set portion of food, later as available for a fixed price at an inn or other eating establishment.A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn.One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.An ordinary thing or person.A penny-farthing bicycle.

Example sentence: One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

We hope you now know whether to use Trivial or Ordinary in your sentence.

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