As adjectives the difference between acoustic and auditive
is that acoustic is pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory while auditive is of or relating to hearing; auditory.
As a noun acoustic
is (medicine) a medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
acoustic
English
Alternative forms
* acoustick (obsolete)
Adjective
(-)
Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification, as an acoustic guitar or acoustic piano.
Derived terms
* acoustically
Derived terms
* acoustics: the science of sound
* acoustic duct: the auditory duct, or external passage of the ear.
* acoustic guitar
* acoustic telegraph: a telegraph making audible signals; a telephone, notably used on ships
* acoustic vessels: brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.
Noun
(
en noun)
(medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
