different between phagic vs phatic
phagic
English
Etymology
phage +? -ic
Adjective
phagic (comparative more phagic, superlative most phagic)
- Of or pertaining to a phage; bacteriophagic
Translations
phagic From the web:
phatic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (phatós, “spoken”), from ???? (ph?mí, “I say”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæt?k/
Adjective
phatic (comparative more phatic, superlative most phatic)
- (linguistics) Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship.
- 1978, Anthony Burgess, 1985:
- Generally speaking, statements in WE are expected to be of a tautologous nature, thus fulfilling the essential phatic nature of speech.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 467:
- Dispensing with phatic chitchat, he began straightaway to tell the story of his “people.”
- 1978, Anthony Burgess, 1985:
Translations
See also
- emphatic
- platitude
Anagrams
- -pathic, haptic, pathic
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