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Specimen vs Typical - What's the difference?

specimen | typical |

As nouns the difference between specimen and typical

is that specimen is specimen while typical is anything that is typical, normal, or standard.

As an adjective typical is

capturing the overall sense of a thing.

specimen

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
    • early specimens of the art of Picasso
  • A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
  • An eligible man.
    • Examples:

    Related terms

    * species

    typical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * typicall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
  • Characteristically representing something by form, group, idea or type.
  • Normal, average; to be expected.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * atypical

    Derived terms

    * typicality * typically * typicalness

    Related terms

    * type

    See also

    * gestalt * gist * resemblance * emblematic * prefigurative * distinctive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that is typical, normal, or standard.
    • Antipsychotic drugs can be divided into typicals and atypicals.
    Among the moths, typicals were more common than melanics.

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