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Specialization vs Subspecialization - What's the difference?

specialization | subspecialization |

As nouns the difference between specialization and subspecialization

is that specialization is the process of specializing while subspecialization is the further specialization of something already specialized.

specialization

English

Alternative forms

* specialisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process of specializing.
  • * 1973', , ' Time Enough For Love
    • A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

    Antonyms

    * generalization * abstraction American English forms

    subspecialization

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The further specialization of something already specialized.