different between diachronic vs episodic

English

Etymology

From dia- +? chronic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da?.??k??n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /da?.??k??n?k/

Adjective

diachronic (comparative more diachronic, superlative most diachronic)

1. Occurring over or changing with time.

   Antonym: synchronic
2. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.

   Antonym: synchronic

   • 1996, Richard E. Blanton, 3: The Basin of Mexico Market System and the Growth of Empire, Frances Berdan (editor), Aztec Imperial Strategies, page 52,

     I also take a more diachronic perspective and relate the growth of empire to changes in the regional market system as they occurred in the transition from the Early Aztec to the Late Aztec periods.

   • 2011, Konrad H. Jarausch, Chapter One: Germany 1989: A New Type of Revolution?, Marc Silberman (editor), The German Wall, page 11,

     Rethinking the revolution issue is therefore the key to any novel interpretation, but it needs to be addressed in a more diachronic and synchronic fashion, comparing the Wende to earlier German upheavals and to the concurrent transformation of East Central Europe.

   • 2012, Paolo Ramat, Sturtevant's paradox revisited, Thomas Stolz, Hitomi Otsuka, Aina Urdze, Johan van der Auwera (editors), Irregularity in Morphology (and Beyond), [page 61],

     Consequently, the perspective will be more diachronic than synchronic.

Synonyms

• diachronical

Derived terms

• diachronic linguistics (“historical linguistics”)
• diachronically

Related terms

• diachrony

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• episodick (obsolete)

Etymology

episode +? -ic. Compare French épisodique.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??p??s?d?k/

  Rhymes: -?d?k

Adjective

episodic (comparative more episodic, superlative most episodic)

1. relating to an episode
   • 1999, The Limey (movie)

     When I'm not honing my craft in episodic television, I do double-duty as a voice coach.

2. sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly

   • Fortunately, my episodic bouts of dizziness didn't prevent me from climbing Chichen Itzá.

3. (literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes

   • I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?

Romanian

Etymology

From French épisodique

Adjective

episodic m or n (feminine singular episodic?, masculine plural episodici, feminine and neuter plural episodice)

1. episodic

Declension

Related terms

• episod