special vs general vs ordinary
Definitions
adjective
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- first and most important
- for a special service or occasion
- added to a regular schedule
- having a specific function or scope
noun
- a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
- a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
- a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
Examples
These observations will provide a valuable supplement to the simultaneous records of other expeditions, especially the British in McMurdo Sound and the German in Weddell Sea, above all as regards the hypsometer observations (for the determination of altitude) on sledge journeys.
When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu.
He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
Definitions
adjective
- not specialized or limited to one class of things
- applying to all or most members of a category or group
- affecting the entire body
- somewhat indefinite
- of worldwide scope or applicability
verb
- command as a general
noun
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- a general officer of the highest rank
- the head of a religious order or congregation
Examples
In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally.
Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
While the site focuses mainly on their environmental concerns, they're also up in arms about the Bush administration's general abuse and disregard for science - including the idea that abstinence is some kind of cureall.
