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What is the difference between academic and academical?

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Academical is a related term of academic.



In lang=en terms the difference between academic and academical

is that academic is conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic while academical is belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .

In pluralonly terms the difference between academic and academical

is that academic is academic studies while academical is academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.

As adjectives the difference between academic and academical

is that academic is belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy while academical is belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .

As nouns the difference between academic and academical

is that academic is a follower of Plato, a Platonist while academical is academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.

academic

English

Alternative forms

* academick (obsolete) * acad, (abbreviation) * Academic

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the academic sect or philosophy.
  • Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization.
  • * academic courses -
  • * academical study -
  • Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to scientific or vocational; having no practical importance.
    • I have always had an academic interest in hacking.
  • (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
  • So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness.
  • Subscribing to the architectural standards of (Vitruvius).

    • Derived terms

    * academic advantage * academic disadvantage * academic institution * academic question * academic degree * academic discipline

    Related terms

    * academia * academical * academically * academically disadvantaged * academicals * academism * academist * academy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
  • A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-07, volume=408, issue=8852, magazine=(The Economist)
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  • A member of the Academy; an academician.
  • *, II.4.2.ii:
    • Carneades the academick , when he was to write against Zeno the stoick, purged himself with hellebor first […].
  • (pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals.
  • (pluralonly) Academic studies.

    • Derived terms

    See also

    * scientific

    References

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    academical

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical . Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pluralonly) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.

    • References