different between mystic vs striker

English

Alternative forms

• mystick (archaic)
• mystical (adjective)

Etymology

From Old French mistique, from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (mustikós, “secret, mystic”), from ?????? (múst?s, “one who has been initiated”). Doublet of mystique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

mystic (comparative more mystic, superlative most mystic)

1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.

   a mystic dance

2. Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
   • 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody

     Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man.

Translations

Noun

mystic (plural mystics)

1. Someone who practices mysticism.

Translations

Related terms

• mysterious
• mystery
• mystical
• mysticism
• mystify
• mystique

References

• mystic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mystic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• mystic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• mystic at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

strike +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?k?(?)

Noun

striker (plural strikers)

1. An individual who is on strike.

   Synonym: turnout

2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else.
   1. A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
   2. A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
3. (soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

   Synonyms: forward, attacker, centre forward
4. (military, slang) An officer's servant or orderly.
5. (baseball, slang, 1800s) The batter.
6. (cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
7. (obsolete) A harpoon.
8. (obsolete) A harpooner.
9. (obsolete) An inexperienced member of a ship's crew.

   Synonym: green hand

10. (obsolete) A wencher; a lewd man.
11. (obsolete, politics) A blackmailer in politics.
12. (obsolete, politics) One whose political influence can be bought.

Synonyms

• (lewd man): See Thesaurus:promiscuous man

Translations

Anagrams

• skirret, skirter

French

Etymology

From strike +? -er; from English strike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?aj.ke/

Verb

striker

1. (bowling) to strike

Conjugation