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Specialty vs Specialization - What's the difference?

specialty | specialization |

As nouns the difference between specialty and specialization

is that specialty is that in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent while specialization is the process of specializing.

specialty

English

Alternative forms

* speciality

Noun

(specialties)
  • That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent.
    • They cook well overall, but their true specialty is pasta.
  • * Charles Kingsley:
    • Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have had once their specialty , their pet subject.
  • (obsolete) particularity
  • * Shakespeare:
    • Specialty of rule hath been neglected.
  • A particular or peculiar case.
  • An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
  • (legal) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
    • (Bouvier)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
  • * Joseph Chitty

    • Related terms

    * specialist * subspecialty * subspecialist

    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