General and Official

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

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

Official

Official adjective - Ordered or allowed by those in authority.

General and official are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "Official".

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / The American Revolution In movies about the Revolution, expect him to be The Ghost with some British official/general fulfilling this trope on a smaller scale.
  • Video Game / Metro: Last Light Puppet Secretary General Moskvin is the Secretary General and official leader of the Red Line, but Artyom remarks that it is very clear that General Korbut is the one who is running the show.
  • Anomaly and Anomalous are used to describe the category of SCP objects in general, and is the only official term used to describe the objects in general.
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