different between superficial vs generic

English

Etymology

From Latin superfici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sup??f???l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?p??f???l/
• Rhymes: -???l
• Hyphenation: su?per?fi?cial

Adjective

superficial (comparative more superficial, superlative most superficial)

1. Of or pertaining to the surface.
2. Being near the surface.
3. Shallow, lacking substance.
4. At face value.
5. (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the surface): surficial

Antonyms

• in-depth
• thorough
• (lacking substance): substantive

Derived terms

• superficially
• superficiality

Translations

Noun

superficial (plural superficials)

1. (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.

   He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.

Related terms

• superfice (archaic)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin superfici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /su.p??.fi.si?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /su.p?r.fi.si?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /su.pe?.fi.si?al/

Adjective

superficial (masculine and feminine plural superficials)

1. superficial

Derived terms

• superficialitat
• superficialment

Related terms

• superfície

Further reading

• “superficial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “superficial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “superficial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “superficial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin superfici?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

superficial m or f (plural superficiais)

1. superficial
2. surficial; of the surface

Derived terms

• superficialidade
• superficialmente

Related terms

• superficie

Further reading

• “superficial” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

superficial (not comparable)

1. superficial (pertaining to the surface)

Related terms

• superficie

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin superfici?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?su.pe?.fi.si.?aw/

Adjective

superficial m or f (plural superficiais, comparable)

1. Shallow, lacking substance.

Derived terms

• superficialidade
• superficialismo
• superficialmente

Related terms

• superfície

Further reading

• “superficial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French superficiel

Adjective

superficial m or n (feminine singular superficial?, masculine plural superficiali, feminine and neuter plural superficiale)

1. shallow (about people)

Declension

Related terms

• superficialitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin superfici?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /supe?fi??jal/, [su.pe?.fi??jal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /supe?fi?sjal/, [su.pe?.fi?sjal]

Adjective

superficial (plural superficiales)

1. superficial
2. shallow, lacking substance

Derived terms

Related terms

• superficie

Further reading

• “superficial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• generick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French générique, from Latin genus (“genus, kind”) + -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d???n???k/
• Hyphenation: gen?er?ic
• Rhymes: -?r?k

Adjective

generic (comparative more generic, superlative most generic)

1. very comprehensive; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups (genera) as opposed to specific instances.
   • 1864, Walter Bagehot, "Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning; or, Pure, Ornate, and Grotesque Art in English Poetry", in The National Review Volume 19

     […] the essence is that such self-describing poets describe what is in them, but not peculiar to them, – what is generic, not what is special and individual.

2. lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise
3. (of a product or drug) not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents
4. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of genus
5. relating to gender
6. (grammar) specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene

   Words like salesperson and firefighter are generic.

7. (computing, of procedures) written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter
8. (geometry, of a point) having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field

Synonyms

• (comprehensive): broad, general, classic; see also Thesaurus:generic
• (lacking in precision): fuzzy, indefinite; see also Thesaurus:vague
• (lacking a brand): unbranded

Antonyms

• (comprehensive): specific, particular, concrete; see also Thesaurus:specific
• (lacking a brand): non-generic, proprietary, branded
• (neither masculine nor feminine): gendered

Derived terms

• genericity
• genericness
• generic you

Translations

Noun

generic (plural generics)

1. A product sold under a generic name.
2. A wine that is a blend of several wines, or made from a blend of several grape varieties.
3. (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.

Translations

Related terms

• gender
• genus

Anagrams

• energic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French générique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?e?ne.rik/

Adjective

generic m or n (feminine singular generic?, masculine plural generici, feminine and neuter plural generice)

1. generic

Declension

Noun

generic n (plural generice)

1. (television, film) credits, titles

Declension