Normally vs Universally - What's the difference?
normally | universally |
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
In the expected or customary manner.
To a usual or customary extent or degree.
(mathematics, statistics) In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.
In a universal manner.
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As adverbs the difference between normally and universally
is that normally is under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time while universally is in a universal manner.normally
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- Normally , I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
- Lisa ate normally , until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
- He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
Synonyms
* (most of the time) commonly, frequently, ordinarily * (in the expected manner) customarily, habitually, routinelyuniversally
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the ever more expensive and then universally known killing hazards of gasoline cars: […] .}}