Dynamic vs Pragmatic - What's the difference?
dynamic | pragmatic |
Changing; active; in motion.
Powerful; energetic.
Able to change and adapt.
(music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
(computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
(music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
(music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
* The sturdy furniture in the student lounge was pragmatic , but unattractive.
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philosophical; dealing with causes, reasons, and effects, rather than with details and circumstances; said of literature.
* Sir W. Hamilton
* M. Arnold
As adjectives the difference between dynamic and pragmatic
is that dynamic is changing; active; in motion while pragmatic is practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.As a noun dynamic
is a characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.dynamic
English
Alternative forms
* dynamick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The environment is dynamic , changing with the years and the seasons.
- dynamic economy
- He was a dynamic and engaging speaker.
- The dynamic marking in bar 40 is forte.
- dynamic allocation
- dynamic IP addresses
- the dynamic resizing of an array
Synonyms
* : active, fluid, moving * (powerful): energetic, powerfulAntonyms
* static * (computing) staticDerived terms
* dynamicity * dynamical * hydrodynamic * aerodynamicNoun
(en noun)- Watch the dynamic between the husband and wife when they disagree.
- The study of fluid dynamics quantifies turbulent and laminar flows.
- If you pay attention to the dynamics as you play, it's a very moving piece.
Synonyms
* apparatus, course of action, design, effect, function, functioning, implementation, interchange, interplay, mechanism, method, modus operandi, motif, nature, operation, pattern, process, regimen, workingsExternal links
*pragmatic
English
Alternative forms
* pragmatick (archaic) * pragmatique (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Nor indeed are these restrictions pragmatic'' in nature: i.e. the ill-formedness of the ''heed''-sentences in (60) is entirely different in kind from the oddity of sentences like:
(61) !That man will eat any car which thinks he?s stupid
which is purely ''pragmatic (i.e. lies in the fact that (61) describes the kind of bizarre situation which just doesn?t happen in the world we are familiar with, where cars don?t think, and people don?t eat cars).
- Pragmatic history.
- Pragmatic poetry.