The difference between Regular and Uniform

When used as nouns, regular means a member of the british army (as opposed to a member of the territorial army or reserve), whereas uniform means a distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.

When used as adjectives, regular means bound by religious rule, whereas uniform means unvarying.

Regular is also adverb with the meaning: regularly, on a regular basis.

Uniform is also verb with the meaning: to clothe in a uniform.

check bellow for the other definitions of Regular and Uniform

  1. Regular as an adjective (Christianity):

    Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to ).

    Examples:

    "regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy"

  2. Regular as an adjective:

    Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.

  3. Regular as an adjective (geometry, of a [[polygon]]):

    Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size

  4. Regular as an adjective (geometry, of a [[polyhedron]]):

    Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.

  5. Regular as an adjective:

    Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.

  6. Regular as an adjective (now, rare):

    Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).

  7. Regular as an adjective:

    Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.

    Examples:

    "He made regular visits to go see his mother."

  8. Regular as an adjective (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc):

    Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.

    Examples:

    "The verb "to walk" is regular."

  9. Regular as an adjective (chiefly, US):

    Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.

  10. Regular as an adjective (chiefly, military):

    Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.

  11. Regular as an adjective:

    Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.

    Examples:

    "Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular."

  12. Regular as an adjective (colloquial):

    Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.

    Examples:

    "a regular genius; a regular John Bull"

  13. Regular as an adjective (botany, zoology):

    Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.

    Examples:

    "a regular flower; a regular sea urchin"

  14. Regular as an adjective (crystallography):

    Isometric.

  15. Regular as an adjective (snowboarding):

    Riding with the left foot forward.

  16. Regular as an adjective (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure):

    Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.

  1. Regular as an adverb (archaic, UK, dialect):

    Regularly, on a regular basis.

  1. Regular as a noun:

    A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).

  2. Regular as a noun:

    A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.

    Examples:

    "Bartenders usually know their regulars by name."

  3. Regular as a noun:

    A frequent customer, client or business partner.

    Examples:

    "This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars."

  4. Regular as a noun (Canada):

    A coffee with one cream and one sugar.

  5. Regular as a noun:

    Anything that is normal or standard.

  6. Regular as a noun:

    A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.

  7. Regular as a noun:

    A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.

  8. Regular as a noun:

    A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.

  1. Uniform as an adjective:

    Unvarying; all the same.

  2. Uniform as an adjective:

    Consistent; conforming to one standard.

  3. Uniform as an adjective (mathematics):

    with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence

  4. Uniform as an adjective (of a [[polymer]]):

    Composed of a single macromolecular species.

  5. Uniform as an adjective (geometry):

    (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.

  1. Uniform as a noun:

    A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.

  2. Uniform as a noun:

    Phonetic equivalent for the letter U in the ICAO spelling alphabet, informally known as the NATO phonetic alphabet.

  3. Uniform as a noun:

    A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

  1. Uniform as a verb (transitive):

    To clothe in a uniform.

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