different between polychromic vs polychronic

English

poly- +? chromic

polychromic (comparative more polychromic, superlative most polychromic)

Polychromatic; many-coloured.
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which contain more than one atom of chromium.

polychromic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

polychronic (comparative more polychronic, superlative most polychronic)

Happening at different times.
(of a person) Able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
A polychronic person may watch television, surf the Internet and talk on the telephone at the same time.
Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from monochronic) which does not set a certain time to perform each task.

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