Chronological vs Chronic - What's the difference?
chronological | chronic |
In order of time from the earliest to the latest
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In units of time.
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.
As adjectives the difference between chronological and chronic
is that chronological is in order of time from the earliest to the latest while chronic is of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.As a noun chronic is
(slang) marijuana, typically of high quality.chronological
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Adjective
(en adjective)A Book of Death and Fish by Ian Stephen – review
- A Book of Death and Fish'' is about one Peter MacAulay, an unremarkable individual who has the sea and its promises alwayus with him, experiencing the usual strains of growing up and growing old – the death of a friend, his parents, marriage and children – all set out in chronological order and divided into two books, Migration and Turbulence.
- He is 67 in chronological age, but has the mind and body of someone 55.
Usage notes
* In the "units of time" sense, the term is almost exclusively used to clarify a contrast.References
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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.}}
