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Tact vs Tect - What's the difference?

tact | tect |

As nouns the difference between tact and tect

is that tact is the sense of touch; feeling while tect is (obsolete|rare) a (l).

As a verb tact

is (psychology) to use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).

As an adjective tect is

(obsolete|rare|construed as a past participle) ; (l).

tact

English

(wikipedia tact) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sense of touch; feeling.
  • *
    • Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight?
  • * J. Le Conte
    • Now, sight is a very refined tact .
  • (music) The stroke in beating time.
  • Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
  • *
    • He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin.
  • *
    • A tact' which surpassed the '''tact''' of her sex as much as the '''tact''' of her sex surpassed the ' tact of ours.
  • The ability to deal with embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people; careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense; the ability to say the right thing.
    • By the use of tact , she was able to calm her jealous husband.
    I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
  • (psychology) A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
  • * 2013 , Jacob L. Gewirtz, William M. Kurtines, Jacob L. Lamb, Intersections With Attachment
    • Skinner (1957) saw such tacts as responses that are reinforced socially.

    Derived terms

    * tactful * tactless

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (psychology) To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant; see noun sense).

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    tect

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the (etyl) tecte, from the (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete, rare, construed as a past participle) ; (l).
    • Derived terms
    * (l) (obsolete) * (l)

    References

    * “ †?Tect, ppl. a.'']” listed on page 137 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th), § ii (T) of '''' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??†?Tect,''' ''ppl. a.''?''Obs. rare.''?[ad. L. ''tect-us'', pa. pple. of ''teg?re'' to cover.]?Covered, hidden.?(Const. as pa. pple.?See also Tectly.)?So †?'''Te·cted.'''?[¶?'''''c'' 1440''' ''Pallad. on Husb.'' vi. 180 With chaf or fern this boordis do be tecte.?''Ibid.'' viii. 79 The tuppe is chosun fair of altitude, Ywombed side, and tecte in whitest wolle.?'''''c'' 1557''' Abp. Parker ''Ps.'' cxv. 332 Why els no doubt, the Heathen sect, Would say where is their God so tect??'''1657 Tomlinson ''Renou’s Disp.     459 The shells wherewith they are tected. * “ †tect, ppl. a.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989

    Etymology 2

    From the (etyl) ; see above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, rare) A (l).

    • References

    * “ †?Tect, sb.'']” listed on page 137 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th), § ii (T) of ''A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' [1st ed., 1919]
    ??†?Tect,''' ''sb.''?''Obs. rare''?—?1.?[ad. L. ''tect-um'' roof, prop. neut. of ''tectus'', pa. pple. ‘covered’: see next.]?A roof.?In comb. '''te·ct-demo·lished''' ''a.'', having the roof demolished, disroofed.?[¶?'''1632 ?Lithgow ''Trav.     x. 432 Tect-demolished Churches, vnpassable Bridges. * “ †tect, n.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989