Hectic vs Chaotic - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between hectic and chaotic

is that hectic is pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin while chaotic is filled with chaos.

is a hectic fever.

* hectick (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.

hectic''' fever; a '''hectic patient

Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.

The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

* feverish

* hectically

(en noun)

(obsolete) A hectic fever.

(obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.

* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.147:

For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills [...].

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* chaotick (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Filled with chaos.

Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

(mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.

(role-playing games) Aligned against following/upholding laws and principles- the opposite of lawful.

* shambolic

* chaotically