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Syrtis vs Syrtic - What's the difference?

syrtis | syrtic |

As a noun syrtis

is (obsolete) a quicksand.

As an adjective syrtic is

of or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand.

syrtis

English

Noun

(syrtes)
  • (obsolete) A quicksand.
  • * Milton
    • Quenched in a boggy syrtis , neither sea / Nor good dry land.
    (Webster 1913) ----

    syrtic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a syrt; boggy; resembling quicksand.
    • (Webster 1913)