special vs standard

special

adj
  • Chief in excellence. 

  • Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved. 

  • Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities. 

  • Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality. 

  • Constituting or relating to a species. 

  • Of or related to unconventional warfare. 

noun
  • Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled. 

  • A person appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue. 

  • Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient. 

  • A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent. 

  • One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant. 

  • A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage. 

  • A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered. 

  • A special constable. 

  • A correspondent; a journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back. 

  • Unusual or exceptional episode of a series. 

verb
  • To supervise a patient one-on-one. 

standard

adj
  • Having recognized excellence or authority. 

  • Having a manual transmission. 

  • Conforming to the standard variety. 

  • Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality. 

  • As normally supplied (not optional). 

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

  • 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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