The difference between Department and Specialty

When used as nouns, department means a part, portion, or subdivision, whereas specialty means that in which one specializes.


check bellow for the other definitions of Department and Specialty

  1. Department as a noun:

    A part, portion, or subdivision.

  2. Department as a noun:

    A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

    Examples:

    "Technical things are not his department; he's a people person."

  3. Department as a noun (often, in proper names):

    A subdivision of an organization. One of the principal divisions of executive government One of the divisions of instructions

    Examples:

    "the Treasury Department''; ''the Department of Agriculture''; ''police department"

    "the physics department''; ''the gender studies department"

  4. Department as a noun:

    A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department is smaller than a region

  5. Department as a noun (historical):

    A military subdivision of a country

    Examples:

    "usex the Department of the Potomac"

  6. Department as a noun (obsolete):

    Act of departing; departure.

  1. Specialty as a noun:

    That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent.

    Examples:

    "They cook well overall, but their true specialty is pasta."

  2. Specialty as a noun (obsolete):

    Particularity.

  3. Specialty as a noun:

    A particular or peculiar case.

  4. Specialty as a noun:

    An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

  5. Specialty as a noun (legal):

    A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Bouvier"

    "rfquotek Wharton (Law Dict.)"

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