different between cratic vs cretic

English

Etymology

From the suffix -cratic in words such as aristocratic, from French -cratique, from Ancient Greek -???????? (-kratikós). See -cratic for more.

Adjective

cratic (comparative more cratic, superlative most cratic)

1. Relating to counterions.
   • 1999, K. Zakrzewska, R. Lavery, "Modelling DNA-protein interactions", in Computational Molecular Biology (edited by J. Leszczynski; ?ISBN:

     Binding is however favoured by the non-salt dependent free energy, the ion-release cratic free energy and by decreased ion-ion repulsion.
2. Relating to political or organisational power.
   • 1980, José Guilherme Merquior, Rousseau and Weber ?ISBN:

     Arthur Stinchcombe, for example, pioneered what we call the cratic approach when he defined legitimacy as a 'power reserve'.

   • 1987, The Polish Sociological Bulletin:

     The second personal factors influencing the phenomenon of the erosion of power is connected with the characteristics of cratic (power) motivation, also called the need for power.

Anagrams

• Arctic, arctic

English

Etymology

From Latin creticus, "of Crete, Cretan", from Latin Creta, "Crete".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i?.t?k/

Adjective

cretic (not comparable)

1. Using or relating to a metrical pattern of poetry where each foot is composed of three syllables, the first and third of which are stressed and the second is unstressed. This pattern is very rare in English poetry.

Noun

cretic (plural cretics)

1. A verse of this kind.

Synonyms

• amphimacer

Translations

Anagrams

• ticcer