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Topical vs Tropical - What's the difference?

topical | tropical |

As adjectives the difference between topical and tropical

is that topical is of current interest; contemporary while tropical is of or {{l/en|pertaining}} to the {{l/en|tropics}}, the {{l/en|equatorial}} {{l/en|region}} between 23 {{l/en|degrees}} north and 23 degrees south.

As nouns the difference between topical and tropical

is that topical is a topical anaesthetic while tropical is a tropical plant.

topical

English

Adjective

(wikipedia topical) (en adjective)
  • Of current interest; contemporary.
  • ''Fair trade has become quite a topical subject.
  • local to a particular place
  • (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.
  • Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.
  • Antonyms

    * systemic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.
  • Anagrams

    * * *

    tropical

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or north and 23 degrees south.
  • From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
  • (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
  • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * South
  • The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.

    Derived terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tropical plant.