different between shambolic vs chaotic

English

Etymology

shambles +? -o- +? -ic, in which the interconsonantal -o- avoids the /mbl/ consonant cluster. Possibly influenced by symbolic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?am?b?l?k/
• (General American) enPR: sh?m(')b?l??k, IPA^(key): /(?)?æm?b?l?k/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æm?b?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?l?k
• Hyphenation: sham?bol?ic

Adjective

shambolic (comparative more shambolic, superlative most shambolic)

1. Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged. [from 1952]

Derived terms

• shambolically
• shambolism

Related terms

• omnishambles
• sham
• shambles

Translations

Further reading

• “shambolic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “shambolic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• choliambs

English

Etymology

From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos +? -otic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ke???t?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ke???t?k/, /-d?k/, [-??k]
• Rhymes: -?t?k
• Hyphenation: cha?ot?ic

Adjective

chaotic (comparative more chaotic, superlative most chaotic)

1. Filled with chaos.
2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

   Synonym: shambolic
3. (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
4. (role-playing games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

   Antonym: lawful

Alternative forms

• chaotick (obsolete)

Derived terms

• chaotically

Translations

Noun

chaotic (plural chaotics)

1. (role-playing games) A character having a chaotic alignment.

References

Further reading

• chaos (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia