Basic and Regular

basic

A popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use.
Usually plural. ( a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)
- synonyms: staple

Pertaining to or constituting a base or basis.
- usage: "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
Reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality.
- usage: "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"
- synonyms: canonic, canonical
Serving as a base or starting point.
- usage: "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"
- synonyms: introductory
Of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base. .

(a.) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in a salt.
(a.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
(a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
(a.) Having the base in excess or the amount of the base atomically greater than that of the acid or exceeding in proportion that of the related neutral salt.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Basic is a masculine given name

Name Meaning: Diminutive of Basil: Royal. Kingly. St Basil the Great was Bishop of Caesarea in the latter half of the 4th century. This name was introduced into Western Europe by the Crusaders. Derived from the same Greek word as the plant name basil
Name Origin: Greek

regular

A regular patron.
- usage: "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who is a Central Park fixture"
- synonyms: habitue, fixture
A soldier in the regular army.
A dependable follower (especially in party politics. )
- usage: "he is one of the party regulars"
A garment size for persons of average height and weight.

In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.
- usage: "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties"
Often used as intensifiers.
- usage: "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"
- synonyms: veritable
Conforming to a standard or pattern.
- usage: "following the regular procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet"
Regularly scheduled for fixed times.
- usage: "at a regular meeting of the PTA"; "regular bus departures"
In accord with regular practice or procedure.
- usage: "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"
Occurring at fixed intervals.
- usage: "a regular beat"; "the even rhythm of his breathing"
- synonyms: even
Relating to a person who does something regularly.
- usage: "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker"
- synonyms: steady
Used of the military. ( belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces)
- usage: "the regular army"
Of solids. ( having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula)
Not constipated.
- synonyms: unconstipated
Symmetrically arranged.
- usage: "even features"; "regular features"; "a regular polygon"
- synonyms: even
Not deviating from what is normal.
- usage: "her regular bedtime"
Officially full-time.
- usage: "regular students"

(a.) A member of any religious order or community who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the church.
(a.) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular sea urchin.
(a.) Same as Isometric.
(a.) Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course, practice or occurence; not subject to unexplained or irrational variation; returning at stated intervals; steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular succession of day and night; regular habits.
(a.) Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule, law, principle or type or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.
(a.) Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
(a.) Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.
(a.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing army; -- chiefly used in the plural.
(a.) Constituted, selected or conducted in conformity with established usages, rules or discipline; duly authorized; permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary