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Bespoke vs Specific - What's the difference?

bespoke | specific |

As adjectives the difference between bespoke and specific

is that bespoke is individually or custom made while specific is explicit or definite.

As a verb bespoke

is (archaic) (bespeak).

As a noun specific is

a distinguishing attribute or quality.

bespoke

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (bespeak)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Individually or custom made.
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  • :* {{quote-web, date=2001-10
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  • Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

    • Usage notes

    Primarily used for tailoring, now also used more generally, as fancier term for (m), notably for software, as in a “bespoke solution”.

    Synonyms

    * See also: * custom * custom made * purpose built * specially designed * tailored

    References

    specific

    English

    Alternative forms

    * specifick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • explicit or definite
  • (sciences) Pertaining to a species.
  • *2008 , (Richard Dawkins), The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing , Oxford 2009, p. 3:
  • *:Science and literature, then, are the two achievements of Homo sapiens that most convincingly justify the specific name.
  • (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species
  • special, distinctive or unique
  • intended for, or applying to a particular thing
  • being a remedy for a particular disease
    • Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
  • * Coleridge
    • In fact, all medicines will be found specific in the perfection of the science.
  • (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen
  • (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy)
  • (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
  • (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air)

    • Antonyms

    * all-purpose * broad * general * general-purpose * generic * gross * nonspecific * overall * pandemic * universal * unspecific * widespread

    Derived terms

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    See also

    * generic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A distinguishing attribute or quality.
  • Something particularly adapted for a particular use, as a remedy for a particular disorder
  • Specification
  • (in the plural) The details; particulars.

    • Derived terms

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