Detailed and Specific

Detailed

Detailed adjective - Including many small descriptive features.
Usage example: a detailed report on all the activities that their Scout troop had been involved in over the past year

Specific is a synonym for detailed in explicit topic. In some cases you can use "Specific" instead an adjective "Detailed", when it comes to topics like comprehensive, itemized.

Nearby Words: detail, detailing

Specific

Specific adjective - Of a particular or exact sort.

Detailed is a synonym for specific in exact topic. You can use "Detailed" instead an adjective "Specific".

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Louie Certain moments on the show feel all too specific and detailed to be that made up, the shining example of this being 'God'.
  • The joke is that they not only answer, but give him impossibly specific and detailed advice about his individual relationship.
    Source: Vox Pops
  • Overly Pre-Prepared Gag Destiny, before her death, left detailed instructions on exactly when and where to scatter the ashes — the fantail of a specific cruise liner at a particular point at an exact time.
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