Universal vs Cosmological - What's the difference?
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Of or pertaining to the universe.
Common to all members of a group or class.
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Common to all society; world-wide
Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite
Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench .
(philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
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Of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe
Universal is a related term of cosmological.
As adjectives the difference between universal and cosmological
is that universal is of or pertaining to the universe while cosmological is of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe.As a noun universal
is (philosophy) a characteristic or property that particular things have in common.universal
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Adjective
(en adjective)- She achieved universal fame.
Derived terms
* universalise, universalize * universal quantifierAntonyms
* nonuniversalSee also
* (wikipedia "universal") * general * globalExternal links
* *Noun
(en noun)citation
See also
* particularExternal links
* *The Medieval Problem of Universals- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ----