Difference between Specific and Specialised

What is the difference between Specific and Specialised?

Specific as a noun is a distinguishing attribute or quality. while Specialised as a verb is to make distinct or separate, particularly:

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: It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.

Specialised

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make distinct or separate, particularly:

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

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