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Difference Between Unified and Universal

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Unified

To make into or become a unit; consolidate.

Universal

Of, relating to, or affecting the entire universe
The universal laws of physics.

Unified

Simple past tense and past participle of unify

Universal

Including, relating to, or affecting all members of the class or group under consideration; applicable in all cases
Universal vaccination.
Universal suffrage.

Unified

United into a whole

Universal

Done, produced, or shared by all members of the class or group under consideration
A discovery that met with universal acclaim.
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Unified

That operates as a single entity

Universal

Adapted or adjustable to many sizes, uses, or devices
A universal remote control.

Unified

That serves all grade levels between kindergarten and twelfth grade.

Universal

(Logic)Encompassing all of the members of a class or group. Used of a proposition.

Unified

Formed or united into a whole

Universal

A universal proposition.
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Unified

Operating as a unit;
A unified utility system
A coordinated program

Universal

A general or abstract concept or term considered absolute or axiomatic.

Universal

A general or widely held principle, concept, or notion.

Universal

A trait or pattern of behavior characteristic of all the members of a particular culture or of all humans.

Universal

Of or pertaining to the universe.

Universal

Common to all members of a group or class.

Universal

Common to all society; worldwide.
She achieved universal fame.

Universal

Unlimited; vast; infinite.

Universal

Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.
Universal wrench

Universal

(philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.

Universal

Of or pertaining to the universe; extending to, including, or affecting, the whole number, quantity, or space; unlimited; general; all-reaching; all-pervading; as, universal ruin; universal good; universal benevolence or benefice.
The universal causeActs not by partial, but by general laws.
This universal frame began.

Universal

Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.
At which the universal host up dentA shout that tore Hell's concave.

Universal

Adapted or adaptable to all or to various uses, shapes, sizes, etc.; as, a universal milling machine.

Universal

Forming the whole of a genus; relatively unlimited in extension; affirmed or denied of the whole of a subject; as, a universal proposition; - opposed to particular; e. g. (universal affirmative) All men are animals; (universal negative) No men are omniscient.

Universal

The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.
Plato calleth God the cause and original, the nature and reason, of the universal.

Universal

A general abstract conception, so called from being universally applicable to, or predicable of, each individual or species contained under it.

Universal

Coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions;
In motor vehicles a universal joint allows the driveshaft to move up and down as the vehicle passes over bumps

Universal

Of worldwide scope or applicability;
An issue of cosmopolitan import
The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time
Universal experience

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