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Disputatious vs Didactic - What's the difference?

disputatious | didactic |

As adjectives the difference between disputatious and didactic

is that disputatious is of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent while didactic is didactic.

disputatious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to something that is in question as to its value or intent.
  • Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
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    • Synonyms

    * argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome * See also

    Antonyms

    * conciliatory, pacific, peaceable

    didactic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * didactick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
  • * Macaulay
    • The finest didactic poem in any language.
  • Excessively moralizing.
  • (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

    • Derived terms

    * didact * didactical * didactically * didacticism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.