different between gambit vs tactic

English

Alternative forms

• gambett (obsolete)

Etymology

From Italian gambetto (“gambit, trip”), from Italian gamba (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??æmb?t/

Noun

gambit (plural gambits)

1. (chess) An opening in chess, in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

2. Any ploy or stratagem.

3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

Translations

Verb

gambit (third-person singular simple present gambits, present participle gambiting, simple past and past participle gambited)

1. (chess, transitive) To sacrifice (a pawn or minor piece) to gain an advantage.

French

Noun

gambit m (plural gambits)

1. gambit

Romanian

Etymology

From French gambit.

Noun

gambit n (plural gambituri)

1. gambit

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• tactick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from ????? (táss?, “to order, to arrange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tækt?k/
• Rhymes: -ækt?k

Noun

tactic (plural tactics)

1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

   Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action

   Coordinate term: strategy

2. (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
3. (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

Translations

Adjective

tactic (comparative more tactic, superlative most tactic)

1. (dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.

   Synonym: tactical

   • 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia

     But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
     Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
     All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
     All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

2. (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.

Translations

Anagrams

• tic tac, tic-tac

Romanian

Etymology

From French tactique.

Adjective

tactic m or n (feminine singular tactic?, masculine plural tactici, feminine and neuter plural tactice)

1. tactical

Declension