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Oxic vs Oxia - What's the difference?

oxic | oxia |

As an adjective oxic

is (obsolete) sharp; pointy or oxic can be containing oxygen.

As a noun oxia is

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oxic

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sharp; pointy.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing oxygen.
    • Antonyms
    * anoxic
    See also
    * aerobic

    Anagrams

    *

    oxia

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (oxiae)
  • .

    • Usage notes

    * In a diphthong, the oxia is written atop the second of the two vowels. * The oxia is virtually identical in form to the Latin-script  ?. * The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic, the ; nevertheless, the oxia and tonos have identical appearance in all but the most scrupulous typesetting.

    See also

    ; Other Ancient Greek diacritics * * * * * *