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Anticlimactic vs Climactic - What's the difference?

anticlimactic | climactic | Related terms |

Climactic is a related term of anticlimactic.



As adjectives the difference between anticlimactic and climactic

is that anticlimactic is lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing while climactic is of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.

anticlimactic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking climax, disappointing or ironically insignificant following of impressive foreshadowing.
    • After all the build up, the ending of the story was an anticlimactic letdown.

    climactic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
  • * The race ended in a climactic , neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.

    • Related terms

    * anticlimactic

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with climatic, which relates to climate.