Pedantic vs Frantic - What's the difference?
pedantic | frantic |
Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
Insane, mentally unstable.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
In a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush.
Extremely energetic
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool
, work=BBC Sport
As adjectives the difference between pedantic and frantic
is that pedantic is like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning while frantic is insane, mentally unstable.pedantic
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Alternative forms
* pedantick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- "On the contrary, the fall was perfectly safe; it was the impact with the ground that killed him".
Synonyms
* (like a pedant) anal-retentive, fussy, nit-picky * (knowledge-peacock) (sometimes applicable) nit-picky, ostentatious, pedagogical, pretentious * (linguistically affected) fussy, nit-picky * See alsoExternal links
* *Anagrams
*frantic
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Alternative forms
* frantick (obsolete) * phrantic (chiefly obsolete) * phrantick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke : and ys sore vexed.
- They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
- frantic music
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