I do not understand how 世間 works with 一般 in this sentence


I came across this sentence - **彼は世間一般の学生とは違っている**

I also read the meaning of the various kanji used here. If I'm not mistaken,
一般の学生 already means **ordinary students** or **average students**. But how
does 世間 work in this sentence?

Another sentence I came across was similar to this one but did not use 世間.
Here's that sentence - **彼女は一般の先生と比べればよい先生だ**.

So, I do not understand what the nuance is. Why is 世間 used in the first
sentence? If I'm mistaken about something, please correct me.




一般 is _general_ as opposed to _special_ , and can also be a translation of
_ordinary, average_ (in the sense of non-special). 世間 originally meant
_secular world_ (as opposed to the world of Buddhist monks), and 世間一般 can be
translated as _worldly, ordinary, average_.

A short answer is, in the sense of _average, ordinary_ , you can most probably
use always 一般 without changing the meaning (much).

Differences:

一般 can be attached to other nouns without の, 世間一般 can't. 一般[人]{じん}、一般の[人]{ひと},
世間一般の[人]{ひと} are fine, but not 世間一般人.

世間一般 sounds more collective. Since both of your examples refer to a group of
ordinary students/teachers, I don't see much difference 一般の学生/世間一般の学生 or
一般の先生/世間一般の先生. But

  * その芸能人は一般の人と結婚した The TV celebrity married a person who is not in the show business.

Here 世間一般の人 wouldn't fit because it refers to a single person.




一般 is _general_ as opposed to _special_ , and can also be a translation of
_ordinary, average_ (in the sense of non-special). 世間 originally meant
_secular world_ (as opposed to the world of Buddhist monks), and 世間一般 can be
translated as _worldly, ordinary, average_.

A short answer is, in the sense of _average, ordinary_ , you can most probably
use always 一般 without changing the meaning (much).

Differences:

一般 can be attached to other nouns without の, 世間一般 can't. 一般[人]{じん}、一般の[人]{ひと},
世間一般の[人]{ひと} are fine, but not 世間一般人.

世間一般 sounds more collective. Since both of your examples refer to a group of
ordinary students/teachers, I don't see much difference 一般の学生/世間一般の学生 or
一般の先生/世間一般の先生. But

  * その芸能人は一般の人と結婚した The TV celebrity married a person who is not in the show business.

Here 世間一般の人 wouldn't fit because it refers to a single person.

