different between agonistic vs agonistics

English

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (ag?nistikós).

agonistic (comparative more agonistic, superlative most agonistic)

of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic
(zoology, anthropology) characterised by conflict or hostility
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 66:
  This was clearly such an event, but like the ancient religion of Israel, it was also deeply agonistic.
(rhetoric) argumentative; combative
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
(pharmacology, biochemistry) pertaining to an agonist

agonistics (uncountable)

The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.

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