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Politic vs Political

Tuesday, May 7, 2013




Although seemingly similar, these adjectives have nothing in common. 

Political means 'characteristic for politics', e.g. the political system. An adverb deriving from it is 'politically'. 

Politic is a rather formal word, used to describe something as 'wise, well-thought', e.g. He considered it politic to leave before further trouble developed; an adverb: politicly.