Charming vs Diplomatic - What's the difference?
charming | diplomatic |
pleasant, charismatic
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delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm
The casting of a magical charm.
* (Thomas Middleton)
Concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.
Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
describing a publication of a text which follows a single basic manuscript, but with variants in other manuscripts noted in the critical apparatus
* Whereas a diplomatic edition uses as its base text a single, "best" manuscript, to which other textual evidence is collated and organized into an apparatus, a critical text of the LXX/OG may be described as a collection of the oldest recoverable texts, carefully restored book by book (or section by section), aiming at achieving the closest approximation to the original translations (from Hebrew or Aramaic) or compositions (in Greek), systematically reconstructed from the widest array of relevant textual data (including controlled conjecture).''
Relating to diplomatics, or the study of old texts; paleographic.
The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.
* 1983 , Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, Studies in English legal history (page 151)
As adjectives the difference between charming and diplomatic
is that charming is pleasant, charismatic while diplomatic is concerning the relationships between the governments of countries.As nouns the difference between charming and diplomatic
is that charming is the casting of a magical charm while diplomatic is the science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.As a verb charming
is present participle of lang=en.charming
English
Adjective
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Antonyms
* (pleasant) dullSynonyms
* (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) sillyVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.
Anagrams
*diplomatic
English
Alternative forms
* diplomatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- She spent thirty years working for Canada's diplomatic service.
- Albania immediately severed diplomatic relations with Zimbabwe.
- Thoughtful corrections can be diplomatic as well as instructional.
The International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies, ''Critical Editions of Septuagint/Old Greek Texts.
Derived terms
* diplomatic bag * diplomatic flu * diplomatic immunity * diplomatic mission * diplomatic pouch * diplomatic relationsNoun
(-)- In its broadest aspect, the subject-matter of diplomatic is the relation between documents and facts.