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
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Department as a noun:
A part, portion, or subdivision.
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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."
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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"
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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
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Department as a noun (historical):
A military subdivision of a country
Examples:
"usex the Department of the Potomac"
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Department as a noun (obsolete):
Act of departing; departure.
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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."
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Specialty as a noun (obsolete):
Particularity.
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Specialty as a noun:
A particular or peculiar case.
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Specialty as a noun:
An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
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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.)"