Fabian vs Fabius - What's the difference?
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Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general (Fabius Maximus), whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines.
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Advocating that social reforms be reached through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution; specifically, relating to the Fabian Society, a British socialist society advocating reformist socialism.
(by extension) cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
Fabian is a related term of fabius.
As proper nouns the difference between fabian and fabius
is that fabian is , equivalent to fabian while fabius is , of historical use in english.fabian
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Hood complained behind his commander's back to Richmond of Johnston's Fabian strategy.