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Tractive vs Practive - What's the difference?

tractive | practive |

As adjectives the difference between tractive and practive

is that tractive is pertaining to traction while practive is (obsolete) doing; active.

tractive

English

Adjective

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  • Pertaining to traction.
    • This locomotive develops 130,000 pounds of tractive effort.
  • * 1912 , Flight [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZTY6AQAAMAAJ]
    • The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air.

    Derived terms

    * tractiveness

    practive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) doing; active
    • (Sylvester)

    Derived terms

    * practively (Webster 1913)