Chronic vs Episodic - What's the difference?
chronic | episodic |
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 (label) Prolonged or slow to heal.
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Inveterate or habitual.
(label) Very bad, awful.
(label) Extremely serious.
(label) Good, great, as in "wicked".
(slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
(medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
relating to an episode
* 1999, The Limey (movie)
sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly
:* Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.
(literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes
:* I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?
As adjectives the difference between chronic and episodic
is that chronic is of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time while episodic is relating to an episode.As a noun chronic
is (slang) marijuana, typically of high quality.chronic
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Alternative forms
* chronick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
Antonyms
* (prolonged or slow to heal) acuteNoun
Synonyms
* See alsoReferences
* *episodic
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Alternative forms
* episodick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- When I'm not honing my craft in episodic television, I do double-duty as a voice coach.