General and Partial

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.
Usage example: there's been a general improvement in the economy

Partial is an antonym for general in topics: overall, comprehensive.

Partial

Partial adjective - Inclined to favor one side over another.

General is an antonym for partial.

Nearby Words: partiality, partially, partly

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast Greatheart became her horse because she bottle-fed him when he was an orphaned baby, and she notes that as a general rule she's always been partial to horses.
  • Han also has a raging case of pneumonia, so the general anesthetic on board can't be used to put him out, and there are no partial sedatives on the ship.
  • Having a partial Damaged Soul manifests itself in physical weakness and a general sense of injury.
    Source: Damaged Soul
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