phatic

As adjectives the difference between complimentary and phatic

is that complimentary is in the nature of a compliment while phatic is (linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting).

As adjectives the difference between phatic and photic

is that phatic is (linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting) while photic is of, related to, or irradiated by light; especially describing that part of the near-surface ocean is which photosynthesis is possible.

As adjectives the difference between phasic and phatic

is that phasic is of or relating to phase while phatic is (linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting).

As a noun pratic

is .

As an adjective phatic is

(linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting).

As adjectives the difference between phatic and phakic

is that phatic is (linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting) while phakic is relating to phakia.

As adjectives the difference between phagic and phatic

is that phagic is of or pertaining to a phage; bacteriophagic while phatic is (linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting).

As adjectives the difference between phatic and nonphatic

is that phatic is (linguistics) pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship eg polite mood, rather than meaning; for example, "how are you?" is often not a literal question but is said only as a greeting (similarly, a response such as "fine" is often not an accurate answer, but merely an acknowledgement of the greeting) while nonphatic is not phatic.