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Martial vs Partial - What's the difference?

martial | partial |

As adjectives the difference between martial and partial

is that martial is of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike while partial is existing as a part or portion; incomplete.

As a proper noun Martial

is a given name derived from Latin narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).

As a noun partial is

a partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables.

martial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
  • * Dryden
  • But peaceful kings, o'er martial people set, / Each other's poise and counterbalance are.
  • Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
  • (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike, warriorlike.
  • (medicine, chemistry, obsolete) Relating to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.
  • martial preparations
    martial flowers: a reddish crystalline salt of iron

    Derived terms

    * court martial * martial art * martialism * martialness * martialist * martial law * martially

    See also

    * Mars

    Anagrams

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    partial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
  • So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.
  • (computer science) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
  • It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.
  • Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
  • The referee is blatantly partial !
  • * Alexander Pope
  • a partial parent
  • Having a predilection for something.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • not partial to an ostentatious display

    Antonyms

    * (biased) impartial

    Derived terms

    * impartial * impartiality * impartially * partiality * partially * partial to

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables.
  • (music) An overtone or harmonic.
  • (dentistry) dentures that replace only some of the natural teeth
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