Special vs Restricted - What's the difference?
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Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
Of particular interest or value; certain; dear; beloved; favored.
(euphemistic, derogatory) Retarded; mentally handicapped
Constituting or relating to a species.
Chief in excellence.
* Shakespeare
A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
(broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
(British, colloquial) A special constable.
Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
(video games) special move
* 1995 , "Tony Pordon", Tekken Review [PSX]'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.video.misc )
(restrict)
Limited within bounds.
Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
One of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document.
(grammar) Qualified.
Special is a related term of restricted.
As adjectives the difference between special and restricted
is that special is special while restricted is limited within bounds.As a verb restricted is
(restrict).special
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a special episode of a television series
- Everyone is special to someone.
- He goes to a special school.
- The seven dark spots is a special property unique to ''Coccinella septempunctata''.
- The king hath drawn / The special head of all the land together.
Derived terms
* special attack * special constable * special defense * special delivery * special education / special ed * special forces * specialisation / specialization * specialise / specialize * specialist * speciality, specialty * specially * specialness * Special Olympics * special opsNoun
(en noun)- We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.
- Thousands came to see the special that carried the President's coffin.
- Using the right moves, you can sometimes chain 2 specials in a row to form multiple hit combos.
