Universal vs. Uniform — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or affecting the entire universe

A uniform is a type of clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization's activity. Modern uniforms are most often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organizations such as police, emergency services, security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates in prisons.

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

Always the same, as in character or degree; unvarying

Done, produced, or shared by all members of the class or group under consideration

Being the same as or consonant with another or others

Adapted or adjustable to many sizes, uses, or devices

A distinctive set of clothing intended to identify the members of a specific group

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

To make (something) uniform.

A universal proposition.

To provide or dress with a uniform.

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

Unvarying; all the same.

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

Consistent; conforming to one standard.

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

(mathematics) with speed of convergence not depending on choice of function argument; as in uniform continuity, uniform convergence

Of or pertaining to the universe.

Composed of a single macromolecular species.

Common to all members of a group or class.

(geometry) (of a polyhedron) That is isogonal and whose faces are regular polygons; (of an n-dimensional (n>3) polytope) that is isogonal and whose bounding (n-1)-dimensional facets are uniform polytopes.

Common to all society; worldwide.

A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group.

Unlimited; vast; infinite.

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Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.

(police) A uniformed police officer (as opposed to a detective).

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

(transitive) To clothe in a uniform.

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.

Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.

Constituting or considered as a whole; total; entire; whole; as, the universal world.

Of the same form with others; agreeing with each other; conforming to one rule or mode; consonant.

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

A dress of a particular style or fashion worn by persons in the same service or order by means of which they have a distinctive appearance; as, the uniform of the artillery, of the police, of the Freemasons, etc.

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.

To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.

The whole; the general system of the universe; the universe.

To make conformable.

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

Clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification

Coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions;

Provide with uniforms;

Of worldwide scope or applicability;

Always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences;

The same throughout in structure or composition;

Not differentiated

Evenly spaced;