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Morbific vs Pathological - What's the difference?

morbific | pathological |

As adjectives the difference between morbific and pathological

is that morbific is that causes disease; sickening, pathogenic while pathological is pertaining to pathology.

morbific

English

Alternative forms

* morbifick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic.

    • pathological

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Pertaining to pathology.
  • (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, causing, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
  • (mathematics) Having properties which are counterintuitive or difficult to handle.
  • (computer science) Having properties that cause unusually bad behaviour, especially regarding correctness or performance.

    • Synonyms

    * pathologic

    Antonyms

    * (mathematics)

    Derived terms

    * pathologically