Symptomatic vs Systematic - What's the difference?
symptomatic | systematic |
(medicine) (of a disease ) Showing symptoms.
Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.
* Macaulay
Carried out using a planned, ordered procedure
Methodical, regular and orderly
Of, or relating to taxonomic classification
(proscribed) Of, relating to, or being a system
As adjectives the difference between symptomatic and systematic
is that symptomatic is (of a disease) Showing symptoms while systematic is carried out using a planned, ordered procedure.symptomatic
English
Alternative forms
* symptomatick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.
- Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.