Particular
Particular adjective - Hard to please.
Standard
Standard adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Particular is an antonym for standard.
How words are described
| classic | classic particular | classic standard |
Both words in one sentence
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All of the software that both of them run are standard Mac applications, with the particular exception of Salander's hacking program being different, appearing to instead be more UNIX based.
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This particular phrase was a standard "Asians mangling English" joke at least as far back as the Vietnam war.
- He just wants pudding... but he's extremely particular about his pudding, and anything not up to standard is grounds for a temper tantrum.
Source: Humble Goal
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