The difference between Typical and Usual
When used as adjectives, typical means capturing the overall sense of a thing, whereas usual means most commonly occurring.
Typical is also noun with the meaning: anything that is typical, normal, or standard.
check bellow for the other definitions of Typical and Usual
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Typical as an adjective:
Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
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Typical as an adjective:
Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
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Typical as an adjective:
Normal, average; to be expected.
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Typical as a noun:
Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.
Examples:
"Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals."
"Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics."
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Usual as an adjective:
Most commonly occurring; typical.
Examples:
"The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China."
"It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual."