Compare Specialized English with VOA Special English

Specialized English is a commercial variation on VOA Special English.
Specialized English starts with VOA and then adds these words or meanings.


VOA Special English does not use these words.

address
adultery
alliance
arrow
authority
bar 	[add: a long tool]
behave
behavior
bend
bless
blessing
bow (+arrow), bow (bend forward)
breath 	[both have breathe]
bull	[both have male+cow]
camel
cassette
chapter
column
conscience
corner
courage [both have brave]
cross   [add: "+" shape]
crown
curtain	[both have window+cover]
death	[both have dead]
deserve
devote
divorce
donkey
envy
faith
fax
fever
gate
heart	[on VOA science list]
image
internet
joy	[both have happy]
key
king
lamb	[both have young+sheep]
lock
lord
lot
manage
master
messenger [both have message]
miracle
origin
particular [adds meaning: specific one]
persuade
prayer	[both have pray]
promise
railway	[VOA has railroad]
remains [adds meaning: parts left]
rent
respect
royal
shame
step 	[both have step=walk, add: part of stairs]
snake
sword
table
tent
those	[both have these]
translate
truth	[both have true]
verse
virgin
wine
wing
winter

VOA Special English has these words that are not carried into
Specialized English
administration
agriculture
air force
album
anarchy
artillery
astronaut
asylum
automobile
baby
ballot
boycott
budget
campaign
capitalism
careful
ceasefire
chairman
children   [both have child]
civilian
civil rights
clergy
coalition
committee
condition
Congress
conservative
convention
curfew
customs (taxes) [both have custom]
dam
deficit
delegate  (representative)
diplomat
extremist [both have extreme]
federal
former
guarantee
guerrilla
headquarters
hijack
legislature
manufacture
media
movie
oust
parachute
past
perfect
postpone
profession
propaganda
publication
railroad	[Spz Engl has railway]
realistic
repress
Senate
submarine
subversion
supervise
surrender
swear in
telescope
transportation
treason
treatment
troops
truce
veto
wonderful

New Technology since the 1940s.

astronaut	VOA
cassett	SpzE
computer	both
fax	SpzE
helicopter	both
internet	SpzE
nuclear	both
television	both

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