different between polycrotic vs polycratic

English

From Ancient Greek ????? (polús, “multiple, many”) + ?????? (krótos, “knocking, rattling”), modeled on dicrotic.

polycrotic (comparative more polycrotic, superlative most polycrotic)

(physiology) Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism
a polycrotic pulse
a polycrotic pulse curve

From poly- +? -cratic, after polycracy.

polycratic (comparative more polycratic, superlative most polycratic)

(politics) Governed by many people or groups. [from 20th c.]
- 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 101:
  Against the background of this strikingly polycratic system, three figures emerge as especially influential […]

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