The difference between Broad and Specific

When used as nouns, broad means a prostitute, a woman of loose morals, whereas specific means a distinguishing attribute or quality.

When used as adjectives, broad means wide in extent or scope, whereas specific means explicit or definite.

check bellow for the other definitions of Broad and Specific

Broad as an adjective:

Wide in extent or scope.

Examples:

"three feet broad"

"the broad expanse of ocean"
Broad as an adjective:

Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broad as an adjective:

Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Broad as an adjective:

Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Broad as an adjective:

Plain; evident.

Examples:

"a broad hint"
Broad as an adjective (writing):

Unsubtle; obvious.
Broad as an adjective:

Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broad as an adjective (dated):

Gross; coarse; indelicate.

Examples:

"a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour"
Broad as an adjective (of an accent):

Strongly regional.
Broad as an adjective (Gaelic languages):

Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

Broad as a noun (dated):

A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Broad as a noun (US, colloquial, slang, sometimes, dated, pejorative):

A woman or girl.

Examples:

"Who was that broad I saw you with?"
Broad as a noun (UK):

A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Broad as a noun:

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Examples:

"rfquotek Knight"
Broad as a noun (UK, historical):

A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

Specific as an adjective:

explicit or definite
Specific as an adjective (sciences):

Pertaining to a species.
Specific as an adjective (taxonomy):

pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
Specific as an adjective:

special, distinctive or unique
Specific as an adjective:

intended for, or applying to, a particular thing
Specific as an adjective:

being a remedy for a particular disease

Examples:

"Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria."
Specific as an adjective (immunology):

limited to a particular antibody or antigen
Specific as an adjective (physics):

of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
Specific as an adjective (physics):

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)
Specific as an adjective (physics):

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)