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Finical vs Fiscal - What's the difference?

finical | fiscal |

As adjectives the difference between finical and fiscal

is that finical is finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate while fiscal is related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

As a noun fiscal is

a public official in certain countries having control of public revenue or fiscal can be any of various african shrikes of the genus lanius .

finical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), (Ulysses) :
  • Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.

    Derived terms

    * finick * finicking

    See also

    * jaunty

    fiscal

    English

    (wikipedia fiscal)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) fiscal, from (etyl) – see (fiscus) and (fisc).

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.
  • (proscribed) Pertaining to finance and money in general; financial.
  • Usage notes
    * Not to be confused with (financial), which refers to money generally, particularly lending and banking, rather than narrowly to a treasury.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A public official in certain countries having control of public revenue.
  • (British, Scottish law) Procurator fiscal, a public prosecutor.
  • (legal) In certain countries, including Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and former colonies of these countries and certain British colonies, solicitor or attorney general.
  • See also

    * finance, financial

    Etymology 2

    After (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various African shrikes of the genus Lanius .
  • See also
    * (Lanius) * (Lanius) ----