External and General

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External adjective - Not being a vital part of or belonging to something.

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General and external are semantically related. In some cases you can use "General" instead an adjective "External".

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

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External and general are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "External" instead an adjective "General".

To all external appearances, he is a withered old man with a cane who would probably collapse if you breathed too hard in his general direction.

Source: Evil Cripple
His in-game NPC ElBhe loves to make external references, general punniness, and a healthy dash of internet memes.

Source: Video Game / AdventureQuest
Sub-Trope of the Zero-Context Example (the general faux-pas of poorly explained citations), and a Sister Trope to Weblinks Are Not Examples (an eerily similar rule that applies to external URLs).

Source: Administrivia / Type Labels Are Not Examples

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General and External. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/external/general

External & General. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/external/general>.

General or External. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/external/general.

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