As adjectives the difference between pathematic and athematic
is that pathematic is of, pertaining to, or designating emotion or suffering while athematic is (linguistics) of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.
pathematic
English
Adjective
(
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Of, pertaining to, or designating emotion or suffering.
- (Chalmers)
(
webster)
athematic
English
Adjective
(-)
(linguistics) Of a root, not having a thematic vowel and thus attaching inflections directly to the root.