General vs Joint - What's the difference?
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Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to (specific) or (particular).
* c. 1495 , (John Skelton), "Vppon a deedman's hed":
* 1842 , Douglas Jerrold, "Mr Peppersorn ‘At Home’", Cakes and Ale :
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.27:
* 2006 , Ruth Sutherland, "Invite public to the private equity party", The Observer , 15 Oct 06:
Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent.
* 1865 , Edward Cust, Lives of the Warriors of the Thirty Years War , p. 527:
* 2002 , James Turner, Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London , p. 122:
Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , IX:
* 2008 , John Patterson, "Home movies", The Guardian , 20 Dec 08:
Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category.
* 1924 , Time , 17 Mar 1924:
* 2009 , Douglas P Zipes, Saturday Evening Post , vol. 281:1, p. 20:
Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
* 2006 , Kevin Nance, "Ghosts of the White City", Chicago Sun-Times , 16 Jul 06:
* 2008 , Robert P Maloney, "The Quiet Carpenter", America , vol. 199:19, p. 18:
Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area.
* 1941 , (W Somerset Maugham), Up at the Villa , Vintage 2004, p. 24:
* 1947 , "Russian Catechism", Time , 20 Oct 1947:
* 2007 , Alan Cheuse, "A Little Death", Southern Review , vol. 43:3, p. 692:
:We have dealt with the generals ; now let us turn to the particulars.
(military ranks) A senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces.
A great strategist or tactician.
*1918 , (Rebecca West), The Return of the Soldier , Virago 2014, p. 16:
*:She flung at us as we sat down, ‘My general is sister to your second housemaid.’
A general anaesthetic; general anaesthesia.
To lead (soldiers) as a general
Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
* Shakespeare
The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
A cut of meat.
The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
(geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.
(slang) (always with "the" ) prison
(slang) A marijuana cigarette.
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
* (rfdate), (Alexander Pope)
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To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
* (rfdate), (William Shakespeare)
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
* (rfdate) (Ray)
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* (rfdate) (Holland)
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
General is a related term of joint.
As nouns the difference between general and joint
is that general is general while joint is marijuana cigarette; joint.general
English
Alternative forms
* generall (chiefly archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- It is generall / To be mortall: / I haue well espyde / No man may hym hyde / From Deth holow eyed [...].
- "Among us!" was the general shout, and Peppersorn sat frozen to his chair.
- Undoubtedly the age of the Antonines was much better than any later age until the Renaissance, from the point of view of the general happiness.
- One advantage of having profitable companies in Britain is that they pay large sums in corporate tax into the Exchequer, which in theory at least is used for the general good.
- For these successes he obtained the rank of Field-Marshal General .
- He becomes the chief chartered libertine, the whoremaster-general flourishing his "standard" over a female army [...].
- ‘I can't quite afford you the sympathy you expect upon this score,’ I replied; ‘the misfortune is so general , that it belongs to one half of the species [...].’
- The general opinion on Baz Luhrmann's overstuffed epic Australia seems to be that it throws in everything but the kitchen sink, and then tosses that in too, just to be sure.
- M. Venizelos went to Athens from Paris early last January in response to a general invitation from the Greek populace.
- Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a general term indicating a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia) coming from the top chambers of the heart - in essence, above (supra) the lower chamber (ventricular).
- As she thus spoke, the entrance of the servants with dinner cut off all conversation but that of a general nature.
- The quick answer is that the 1893 Exposition was simply so important -- "the greatest event in the history of the country since the Civil War," as Harper's put it that October -- but that feels too general .
- Given the scarcity of relevant historical detail in the New Testament, we are left with only a general outline about Joseph.
- There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general .
- Already in the primary school work is conducted for the purpose of equipping the pupils with those elements of general knowledge which are closely related to the military preparation of future warriors.
- His measured, springless walk was the walk of the skilled countryman as distinct from the desultory shamble of the general labourer [...].
Antonyms
* particular * specificDerived terms
* agent general * brigadier general * colonel general * generality * generally * generalisation, generalization * generalise, generalize * general anaesthetic * general knowledge * in general * lieutenant general * major generalNoun
(en noun)- Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world.
Usage notes
When used as a title, it is always capitalized. : Example: General John Doe. The rank corresponds to pay grade O-10. Abbreviations: GEN.See also
* hetmanVerb
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* 1000 English basic words ----joint
English
(wikipedia joint)Adjective
(-)- The play was a joint production between the two companies.
- A joint burden laid upon us all.
Derived terms
* joint effort * joint venture * joint-stock company * joint willNoun
(en noun)- This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
- The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
- The dovetail joint , while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
- Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
- a joint''' of cane or of a grass stem; a '''joint of the leg
- It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
- I'm just trying to stay out of the joint .
- After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint .
Synonyms
* hinge, pivot * (marijuana cigarette) See alsoDerived terms
* case the joint * dovetail joint * flexible joint * miter joint * jointed * out of joint * rigid joint * universal joint * control joint * butt jointVerb
(en verb)- to joint' boards, a ' jointing plane
- Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
- Jointing their force 'gainst Caesar.
- The fingers are jointed together for motion.
- He joints the neck.
- Quartering, jointing , seething, and roasting.
- the stones joint , neatly.