general vs standard

general

adj
  • Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category. 

  • Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular. 

  • Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite. 

  • Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. 

  • Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area. 

  • Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. 

noun
  • The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. 

  • A great strategist or tactician. 

  • General anesthesia. 

  • A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace. 

  • A general anesthetic. 

  • The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. 

  • A commander of naval forces; an admiral. 

  • A general servant; a maid with no specific duties. 

  • The general insurance industry. 

verb
  • To lead (soldiers) as a general. 

standard

adj
  • Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality. 

  • Having a manual transmission. 

  • Conforming to the standard variety. 

  • As normally supplied (not optional). 

  • Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc. 

  • Having recognized excellence or authority. 

  • Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc. 

noun
  • Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model. 

  • The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage. 

  • A level of quality or attainment. 

  • The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. 

  • The sheth of a plough. 

  • A collar of mail protecting the neck. 

  • A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government. 

  • An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. 

  • One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite. 

  • A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it. 

  • Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold. 

  • A manual transmission vehicle. 

  • A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid. 

  • A large drinking cup. 

  • standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language 

  • A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. 

  • A musical work of established popularity. 

  • An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard. 

  • The flag or ensign carried by a military unit. 

  • Grade level in primary education. 

intj
  • An expression of agreement. 

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