Inclusive vs Universal - What's the difference?
inclusive | universal |
including (almost) everything within its scope
including the extremes as well as the area between
(linguistics) of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed
Of or pertaining to the universe.
Common to all members of a group or class.
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Common to all society; world-wide
Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite
Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench .
(philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
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* {{quote-book, year=1970, title=Speech acts, author=John R. Searle
, passage=We might also distinguish those expressions which are used to refer to individuals or particulars from those which are used to refer to what philosophers have called universals : e.g., to distinguish such expressions as "Everest" and "this chair" from "the number three", "the color red" and "drunkenness".
As adjectives the difference between inclusive and universal
is that inclusive is including (almost) everything within its scope while universal is of or pertaining to the universe.As a noun universal is
(philosophy) a characteristic or property that particular things have in common.inclusive
English
(wikipedia inclusive)Adjective
(en adjective)- An inclusive list of Wiki formats
- Numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
- As the we' in ''If you want, '''we could go back to my place for coffee.
Derived terms
* all-inclusive * self-inclusiveSee also
* ----universal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She achieved universal fame.
Derived terms
* universalise, universalize * universal quantifierAntonyms
* nonuniversalSee also
* (wikipedia "universal") * general * globalExternal links
* *Noun
(en noun)citation
See also
* particularExternal links
* *The Medieval Problem of Universals- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ----