different between methodic vs methodical

English

From Ancient Greek ????????? (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”)

methodic (comparative more methodic, superlative most methodic)

methodical
- 1751, James Harris, Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar
  Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly.
(philosophy) Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.

From Ancient Greek ????????? (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”), +? -al.

methodical (comparative more methodical, superlative most methodical)

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.
the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise
- […] methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.

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