particular vs general
Definitions
adjective
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- first and most important
- providing specific details or circumstances
- exacting especially about details
- unique or specific to a person or thing or category
noun
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
- a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
Examples
What we do not know are the precise weighting of factors that go into why prices increase at any particular time.
This antimodernist nativism pervaded the 1920s, but it was particularly visible in the scientific racism of the eugenics movement, the xenophobia of the "100 percent American" movement, the sharp resurgence in the Ku Klux Klan, the post – World War One Red Scare (directed primarily at immigrant radicals), and in a series of draconian immigration restriction acts. 11
There are a few plotlines and characters - Sophie's mother in particular - that are somewhat redundant and unnecessary.
Definitions
adjective
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- affecting the entire body
- somewhat indefinite
- of worldwide scope or applicability
verb
- command as a general
noun
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- a general officer of the highest rank
- the head of a religious order or congregation
Examples
In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally.
Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
There was a deal of shouting from Jamie's direction, and general hubbub, as a few people came out of the pothouse, staring.
