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Philosophical vs Conceptual - What's the difference?

philosophical | conceptual |

As adjectives the difference between philosophical and conceptual

is that philosophical is of, or pertaining to, philosophy while conceptual is of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination.

philosophical

English

Alternative forms

* philosophicall (obsolete) * phylosophical (nonstandard) * phylosophicall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.
  • Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful.
  • * 1846 , , "The Sphinx" in Arthur's Ladies Magazine ,
  • His richly philosophical intellect was not at any time affected by unrealities.
  • Detached, calm, stoic.
  • * 1911 , , "The Schartz-Metterklume Method,"
  • She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference.

    Antonyms

    * nonphilosophical

    Synonyms

    * philosophic

    Derived terms

    * philosophically

    conceptual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
  • *
  • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
  • Of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Derived terms

    * aconceptual * conceptually * conceptual model * conceptual art * conceptual graph * conceptual network * preconceptual

    Descendants

    * German: (l)