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Tacit vs Tactic - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between tacit and tactic

is that tacit is not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction while tactic is tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.

As adjectives the difference between tacit and tactic

is that tacit is expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent while tactic is describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.

As a noun tactic is

a manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end.

tacit

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.
  • tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection
  • * 1983 , Stanley Rosen, Plato’s'' Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image , page 62:
  • He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.
  • * 2004 , Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, ?Vivien Lowndes; ISBN 9287155798):
  • (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
  • Derived terms

    * tacitly * tacitness

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    tactic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tactick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manoeuvre, or action calculated to achieve some end.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
  • (dated) tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
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