The difference between Particular and Specialistic

When used as adjectives, particular means pertaining only to a part of something, whereas specialistic means specialist, specialized.


Particular is also noun with the meaning: a small individual part of something larger.

check bellow for the other definitions of Particular and Specialistic

  1. Particular as an adjective (obsolete):

    Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

  2. Particular as an adjective:

    Specific; discrete; concrete.

    Examples:

    "I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do."

    "We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith."

  3. Particular as an adjective:

    Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

    Examples:

    "I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism."

  4. Particular as an adjective (obsolete):

    Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

  5. Particular as an adjective:

    Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

    Examples:

    "My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London."

    "I didn't have any particular interest in the book."

    "He brought no particular news."

    "She was the particular belle of the party."

  6. Particular as an adjective (comparable):

    Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.

    Examples:

    "He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back."

    "Women are more particular about their appearance."

  7. Particular as an adjective:

    Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

    Examples:

    "a full and particular account of an accident"

  8. Particular as an adjective (legal):

    Containing a part only; limited.

    Examples:

    "a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder"

  9. Particular as an adjective (legal):

    Holding a particular estate.

    Examples:

    "a particular tenant"

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  10. Particular as an adjective (logic):

    Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

    Examples:

    "a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise"."

  1. Particular as a noun:

    A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

  2. Particular as a noun (obsolete):

    A person's own individual case.

  3. Particular as a noun (now, _, philosophy, chiefly in plural):

    A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to , .)

  1. Specialistic as an adjective:

    Specialist, specialized.

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