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Particularly vs. especially
Hello
Could someone tell me the differences between particularly and especially ?I looked them up in some dictionaries and found no nuances while I think there are some slight differences between them. Thanks in advance |
Sometimes they are synonyms and can be used interchangeable (see the first meaning for each word below), but each word has other meanings. When the other meanings are implied, the two can't be exchanged.
particularly especially; to a great extent specifically; uniquely or individually in detail; with regard to particulars especially particularly; to a great extent in a special manner to place greater emphasis on specifically for a specific/particular purpose or reason specially in a special manner |
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Finland is especially nice in the summer.
Finland is particularly nice in the summer. I get a different feeling from these sentences, making me think they're not interchangeable. The first sentence seems more broad, or more general - Finland's summer is nicer than the summers in most places. The second sentence seems more particular - Finland's summer is better than its other seasons. There is a lot of especially useless information in the world. This, however, is particularly useless. Here the second sentence sets a certain piece of useless information apart from, or outside of the especially useless set. |
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