General and Thorough

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

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

Thorough

Thorough adjective - Trying all possibilities.
Usage example: a thorough search of the building that turned up no evidence of a bomb

General and thorough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "General" instead an adjective "Thorough".

Nearby Words: thoroughly, thoroughness

Both words in one sentence

  • Prince Charming Wannabe Genderswapped - because gender roles in general are given a thorough Stereotype Flip - in A Brother's Price.
  • The Gendercide at the start of the series is unusually thorough, to the point that the general public went years without realizing that any men survived.
  • It does work the second time on General Tor, but only after Iji has given him a thorough ass-whooping.
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