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The difference between 'I'll call you' and never hearing from them again.
means Precise and particular rather than vague — clearly defined, naming exact details instead of general gestures.
from From Latin specificus, built from species ('kind, appearance') and facere ('to make') — literally 'making a kind,' i.e. marking out what particular sort of thing something is. It passed through medieval Latin into French and English in the 1600s, first as a term in logic and medicine (a 'specific remedy' treated one particular ailment) before settling into its everyday sense of exact, detailed, not-vague.
- etymology
- from Latin species, meaning a distinct kind
- opposite virtue
- vague gets ghosted, specific gets hired
- business use
- specific numbers sound true even when invented
- writing rule
- the more specific, the more universal it feels