different between carious vs defective

English

Etymology

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cari?s (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from care? (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kaz?? (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *?es- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -?sus (“suffix forming adjectives, meaning ‘full of, prone to’”), from Old Latin -?sos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?k??.?i.?s/ (or /?kæ?-/ among careful speakers)
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?k??.i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s
• Hyphenation: ca?ri?ous

Adjective

carious (comparative more carious, superlative most carious)

1. Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.

Derived terms

• cariousness

Related terms

• caries
• dental caries

Translations

Further reading

• tooth decay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• curiosa

English

Etymology

From Middle French défectif, from Late Latin defectivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??f?kt?v/
• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

defective (comparative more defective, superlative most defective)

1. Having one or more defects.

   Synonym: faulty

   Antonyms: complete, perfect
2. (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
3. (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (?, ?, or ?).
4. (Hebrew orthography) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example ??? (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling ???? where the letter vav ??? indicates the vowel o.

   Antonym: plene

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "defective" is often applied: merchandise, goods, part, component, product, equipment, gene, unit, construction, design, drug, memory, wiring, machine, device, instrument, hardware, software, vehicle.

Related terms

Translations

Noun

defective (plural defectives)

1. A person or thing considered to be defective.

See also

• Wikipedia article on defective verbs

References

Interlingua

Adjective

defective (comparative plus defective, superlative le plus defective)

1. defective (having defects)