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Centric vs Centrical - What's the difference?

centric | centrical |

As adjectives the difference between centric and centrical

is that centric is being in the centre; central while centrical is in or by the center; central.

centric

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete except archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being in the centre; central.
  • * 1661 , John Donne, "Elegie XVIII":
    • So we her ayres contemplate, words and heart, / And virtues; but we love the Centrique part.
  • (physics) Pertaining to a nerve centre.
  • (of diatoms) Being a member of the class Centrales

    • Related terms

    * central

    centrical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In or by the center; central.
    • At York or some other centrical place. — Sir Walter Scott.
  • Containing a center.

    • Derived terms

    * centrically * centricalness