As adjectives the difference between ontic and deontic
is that ontic is ontological while deontic is (ethics|linguistics) pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying this.
ontic
Adjective
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en adjective)
Ontological.
Whatever pertains to being generally, as opposed to some theory of it (which would be ontology).
The intransitive objects of some specific, historically determinate, scientific investigation.
Derived terms
* ontically
Related terms
* ontological
* ontologist
* ontology
Anagrams
* tonic
References
British philosopher Roy Bhaskar's definitions (2,3) are taken from the Wikipedia article, .
deontic
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(ethics, linguistics) Pertaining to necessity, duty or obligation, or expressions conveying this.
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