different between symptomatic vs emblematic

English

Alternative forms

• symptomatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French symptomatique, from New Latin symptomaticus, from Ancient Greek ????????????? (sumpt?matikós, “of or pertaining to a chance (or a symptom), casual”), from ???????? (súmpt?ma, “a symptom”); see symptom.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?s?mp.t??mæt.?k/

Adjective

symptomatic (comparative more symptomatic, superlative most symptomatic)

1. (medicine) Showing symptoms.
   • 2009, Stephen J. Ettinger, Edward C. Feldman, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (page 9)

     It is important to observe symptomatic cats out of the carrier, on the floor in a safe, escape-proof room. Swelling, heat, and pain in one or more joints can explain many signs, including lameness, malaise, and fever.

2. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.

   The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

   • 1843, Thomas Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh's History of the Revolution

     Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.
3. (medicine) Relating to symptomatics

Antonyms

• asymptomatic

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• symptomatic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• symptomatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From French emblématique. See emblem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mbl??mat?k/
• enPR: ?mb-l?-m?-t?k
• Hyphenation: em?blem?at?ic

Adjective

emblematic (comparative more emblematic, superlative most emblematic)

1. Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

   Synonyms: symbolic, illustrative

2. (figuratively) Typical.

   Synonyms: representative, exemplary, characteristic

Translations

Further reading

• “emblematic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Romanian

Etymology

From French emblématique

Adjective

emblematic m or n (feminine singular emblematic?, masculine plural emblematici, feminine and neuter plural emblematice)

1. emblematic

Declension