Specific and Thorough

Specific

Specific adjective - Of a particular or exact sort.

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

Thorough

Thorough adjective - Including many small descriptive features.
Usage example: thorough analysis of the current crisis in Asia

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

Nearby Words: thoroughly, thoroughness

Both words in one sentence

  • Videogame / Shadowrun Returns While most of it can be reasonably assumed the player will do if they're thorough, there are two very specific actions you have to take: Ask Crafty Xu to send a copy of her mother's notes to you.
  • In Pyramids, the first quarter of which explains much about the workings of the Assassins' Guild School in Ankh-Morpork, there is a specific reference to the very thorough personal and social education of the older boys at the (then all-male) School.
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