Difference between Specific and Particular

What is the difference between Specific and Particular?

Specific as a noun is a distinguishing attribute or quality. while Particular as a noun is a particular thing.

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.

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

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