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Polite vs Political - What's the difference?

polite | political |

As adjectives the difference between polite and political

is that polite is well-mannered, civilized while political is concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.

As a verb polite

is to polish; to refine; to render polite.

As a noun political is

a political agent or officer.

polite

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Well-mannered, civilized.
  • * (Alexander Pope)
  • He marries, bows at court, and grows polite .
  • * , chapter=4
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite .}}
  • (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
  • * (Isaac Newton)
  • rays of light falling on a polite surface

    Usage notes

    * The one-word comparative form (politer) and superlative form (politest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * impolite * rude

    Derived terms

    * over-polite * politeness * polite society

    Verb

    (polit)
  • (obsolete) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
  • (Ray)

    References

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    political

    English

    Alternative forms

    * politicall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
  • :
  • *
  • *:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Philip E. Mirowski, volume=100, issue=1, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past.}}
  • Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
  • :
  • (label) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation.
  • Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority.
  • (label) Interested in politics.
  • Synonyms

    * politic

    Antonyms

    * nonpolitical, non-political

    Derived terms

    * politicality * politically * political agent * political animal * political arithmetic * political asylum * political economy * political football * politicalness * political party * political prisoner * party political * politically correct * sociopolitical

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A political agent or officer.
  • * 1990 , (Peter Hopkirk), The Great Game , Folio Society 2010, p. 265:
  • One such officer was Count Nikolai Ignatiev, a brilliant and ambitious political , who enjoyed the ear of the Tsar and burned to settle his country's scores with the British.
  • a publication centred around politics
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