Difference between Particular and Detail

What is the difference between Particular and Detail?

Particular as a noun is a particular thing. while Detail as a noun is something small enough to escape casual notice.

Particular

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A particular thing.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Pertaining only to a part of something; partial. Specific; discrete; concrete. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing. Known only to an individual person or group; confidential. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions). Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.

Example sentence: I think I can always look back and say my mom and dad would have done this or suggested that in a particular situation. I just really feel blessed to have had them as parents.

Detail

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to explain in detail(US (?)) to clean carefully (particularly a car)to assign to a particular task

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something small enough to escape casual notice.A profusion of details.Something considered trivial enough to ignore.(plural details) A person's name, address and other personal information.a temporary unit or assignment.

Example sentence: Caress the detail, the divine detail.

We hope you now know whether to use Particular or Detail in your sentence.

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