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Universal vs Versatility - What's the difference?

universal | versatility |

As nouns the difference between universal and versatility

is that universal is a characteristic or property that particular things have in common while versatility is the property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility.

As an adjective universal

is of or pertaining to the universe.

universal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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
  • She achieved universal fame.
  • Cosmic; unlimited; vast; infinite
  • Useful for many purposes, e.g., universal wrench .
  • Derived terms

    * universalise, universalize * universal quantifier

    Antonyms

    * nonuniversal

    See also

    * (wikipedia "universal") * general * global

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1970, title=Speech acts, author=John R. Searle
  • , passage=We might also distinguish those expressions which are used to refer to individuals or particulars from those which are used to refer to what philosophers have called universals : e.g., to distinguish such expressions as "Everest" and "this chair" from "the number three", "the color red" and "drunkenness". citation

    See also

    * particular

    versatility

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility.
  • * 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749
  • Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business.