Specific
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A distinguishing attribute or quality. Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorder Specification The details; particulars.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: explicit or definite of, or relating to a species pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species special, distinctive or unique intended for, or applying to a particular thing being a remedy for a particular disease limited to a particular antibody or antigen a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)
Example sentence: I've always wanted to be a DJ so I could play the music I love for other people. That feeling hasn't changed, but my sets are always evolving. In terms of tailoring to a specific crowd, certainly I do play differently depending on the situation. It's a different feel, for example, in a small club versus a festival.
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: Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.