General and Vague

General

General adjective - Relating to the main elements and not to specific details.
Usage example: a general course of study in American history

Vague is a synonym for general in quality topic. In some cases you can use "Vague" instead an adjective "General", when it comes to topics like broad, inexact, indefinite, imprecise.

Vague

Vague adjective - Not expressed in precise terms.

General is a synonym for vague in quality topic. You can use "General" instead an adjective "Vague", if it concerns topics such as imprecise.

Nearby Words: vagueness, vaguely

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Madonna Pep Talk Song: "Hey You", which contains general and vague statements like "Don't you give up/It's not so bad for us." Precision F-Strike: "I Fucked Up".
  • Obvious Rule Patch In Virtue's Last Reward, the Nonary Game's rules are so vague and general that they need a lot of obvious patches.
  • Video Game / Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life The general "vague era" feel of the game is similar to the original Harvest Moon SNES, which seemed early 20th century but had a fair share of Anachronism Stew.
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