Comprehensive and Generic

Comprehensive

Comprehensive adjective - Covering everything or all important points.

Generic is a synonym for comprehensive. In some cases you can use "Generic" instead an adjective "Comprehensive".

Generic

Generic adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.
Usage example: a love of big things—big cars, big meals—seems to be a generic trait of the American people

Comprehensive is a synonym for generic in common topic. You can use "Comprehensive" instead an adjective "Generic", if it concerns topics such as collective, general.

Nearby Words: general, generally, generalised
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