Anal vs. Particular

Analadjective

(not comparable) of, related to, intended for or involving the anus

‘anal thermometer’; ‘an anal examination’; ‘anal sex’;

Particularadjective

(obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.

Analadjective

(psychoanalysis) of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.

Particularadjective

Specific; discrete; concrete.

‘I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.’; ‘We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.’;

Analadjective

(psychology) of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.

‘Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.’;

Particularadjective

Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.

‘I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.’;

Analadjective

proximate to the thorax

Particularadjective

(obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.

Analnoun

Any of the anal scales of a reptile.

Particularadjective

Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).

‘My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.’; ‘I didn't have any particular interest in the book.’; ‘He brought no particular news.’; ‘She was the particular belle of the party.’;

Analnoun

(informal) anal sex

‘In the right mood, I'll accept anal.’; ‘I'll do anything except anal.’;

Particularadjective

(comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.

‘He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.’; ‘Women are more particular about their appearance.’;

Analadjective

Pertaining to, or situated near, the anus; as, the anal fin or glands.

Particularadjective

Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.

‘a full and particular account of an accident’;

Analadjective

of or related to the anus;

‘anal thermometer’;

Particularadjective

(legal) Containing a part only; limited.

‘a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder’;

Analadjective

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

Particularadjective

(legal) Holding a particular estate.

‘a particular tenant’;

Analadjective

relating to or situated near the anus

‘the anal sphincter’;

Particularadjective

(logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.

‘a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".’;

Analadjective

(in Freudian theory) relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development in which defecation is the major source of sensuous pleasure and the anus forms the centre of self-awareness.

Particularnoun

A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.

Analadjective

anal-retentive

‘he's anal about things like that’;

Particularnoun

(obsolete) A person's own individual case.

Particularnoun

A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)

Particularadjective

Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation.

‘[Make] each particular hair to stand an end,Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.’; ‘Seken in every halk and every herneParticular sciences for to lerne.’;

Particularadjective

Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular.

‘Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth.’;

Particularadjective

Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party.

Particularadjective

Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress.

Particularadjective

Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.

Particularadjective

Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; - opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise.

Particularnoun

A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story.

‘Particulars which it is not lawful for me to reveal.’; ‘It is the greatest interest of particulars to advance the good of the community.’;

Particularnoun

Special or personal peculiarity, trait, or character; individuality; interest, etc.

‘For his particular I'll receive him gladly.’; ‘If the particulars of each person be considered.’; ‘Temporal blessings, whether such as concern the public . . . or such as concern our particular.’;

Particularnoun

One of the details or items of grounds of claim; - usually in the pl.; also, a bill of particulars; a minute account; as, a particular of premises.

‘The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written.’;

Particularnoun

a fact about some part (as opposed to general);

‘he always reasons from the particular to the general’;

Particularnoun

a small part that can be considered separately from the whole;

‘it was perfect in all details’;

Particularadjective

unique or specific to a person or thing or category;

‘the particular demands of the job’; ‘has a paraticular preference for Chinese art’; ‘a peculiar bond of sympathy between them’; ‘an expression peculiar to Canadians’; ‘rights peculiar to the rich’; ‘the special features of a computer’; ‘my own special chair’;

Particularadjective

separate and distinct from others;

‘an exception in this particular case’;

Particularadjective

separate and distinct from others of the same group or category;

‘interested in one particular artist’; ‘a man who wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him’;

Particularadjective

surpassing what is common or usual or expected;

‘he paid especial attention to her’; ‘exceptional kindness’; ‘a matter of particular and unusual importance’; ‘a special occasion’; ‘a special reason to confide in her’; ‘what's so special about the year 2000?’;

Particularadjective

first and most important;

‘his special interest is music’; ‘she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her volunteer work’;

Particularadjective

exacting especially about details;

‘a finicky eater’; ‘fussy about clothes’; ‘very particular about how her food was prepared’;

Particularadjective

providing specific details or circumstances;

‘a particular description of the room’;

Particularadjective

used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class

‘the action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies’;

Particularadjective

denoting a proposition in which something is asserted of some but not all of a class.

Particularadjective

especially great or intense

‘when handling or checking cash the cashier should exercise particular care’;

Particularadjective

insisting that something should be correct or suitable in every detail; fastidious

‘she is very particular about cleanliness’;

Particularnoun

a detail

‘he is wrong in every particular’;

Particularnoun

detailed information about someone or something

‘a clerk took the woman's particulars’;

Particularnoun

an individual item, as contrasted with a universal quality

‘universals can be simultaneously exemplified by different particulars in different places’;

Particular

In metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars.