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Dramatic vs Dramatical - What's the difference?

dramatic | dramatical |

As adjectives the difference between dramatic and dramatical

is that dramatic is of or relating to the drama while dramatical is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre.

dramatic

English

Alternative forms

* dramatick

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the drama.
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  • Striking in appearance or effect.
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-17, volume=408, issue=8849, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Best and brightest , passage=Poland has made some dramatic gains in education in the past decade. Before 2000 half of the country’s rural adults had finished only primary school. Yet international rankings now put the country’s students well ahead of America’s in science and maths (the strongest predictor of future earnings), even as the country spends far less per pupil. }}
  • Having a powerful, expressive singing voice.

    • Derived terms

    * nondramatic

    dramatical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre.
    • The dramatical interpretation of the book caught the viewers' collective imagination