different between sporadic vs prevalent

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (sporadikós), from ?????? (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from ????? (sporá), ?????? (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sp???æ??k/, /sp???æ??k/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /sp???æd?k/, /sp???æd?k/
• Rhymes: -æd?k

Adjective

sporadic (comparative more sporadic, superlative most sporadic)

1. (archaic) (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
2. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
3. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.

Derived terms

• sporadic E layer

Related terms

• sporadical
• sporadically
• sporadicalness

Translations

References

Anagrams

• caproids, carpoids, picadors

Romanian

Etymology

From French sporadique

Adjective

sporadic m or n (feminine singular sporadic?, masculine plural sporadici, feminine and neuter plural sporadice)

1. sporadic

Declension

Related terms

• sporadicitate

English

Alternative forms

• prævalent (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin praeval?ns; surface analysis pre- +? -valent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??v?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: prev?a?lent

Adjective

prevalent (comparative more prevalent, superlative most prevalent)

1. Widespread or preferred.
2. Superior in frequency or dominant.

Synonyms

• (widespread): common, rife; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Translations

See also

• prevalently
• prevalence

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “prevalent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary