different between synthesis vs artifice

English

Etymology

From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from ????????? (suntíth?mi, “put together, combine”), from ???- (sun-, “together”) + ?????? (títh?mi, “set, place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n??s?s/
• Hyphenation: syn?the?sis

Noun

synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)

1. The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
2. (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
3. (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
4. (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
5. (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
6. (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
7. (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
8. (medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.

Antonyms

• analysis

Derived terms

Related terms

• synthesize
• synthetic

Translations

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from ????????? (suntíth?mi, “put together, combine”), from ??? (sún, “together”) + ?????? (títh?mi, “set, place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?syn.t?e.sis/, [?s??n?t???s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sin.te.sis/, [?sin?t??s?is]

Noun

synthesis f (genitive synthesis or synthese?s or synthesios); third declension

1. A collection or reunion of many objects of analogous nature.
2. mixture, compound (medicine)
3. suit (of clothes), costume
4. a kind of loose garment, worn at table
5. dinner service

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

References

• synthesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• synthesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• synthesis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• synthesis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sunthesis

Etymology

From English sythesis, from Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?s??n??s?s/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?s?n??s?s/

Usage notes

Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in synthesis is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sunthesis. Nevertheless, synthesis is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, system/sustem for similar examples.

Noun

synthesis m (plural synthesisau, not mutable)

1. synthesis

Related terms

• syntheseiddio (“synthesise”)
• synthetig (“synthetic”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “synthesis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)t?f?s/

Noun

artifice (countable and uncountable, plural artifices)

1. A crafty but underhanded deception.
2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4. A tactical move to gain advantage.
5. (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.

Translations

Verb

artifice (third-person singular simple present artifices, present participle artificing, simple past and past participle artificed)

1. To construct by means of skill or specialised art

Related terms

• artificial

Further reading

• artifice at OneLook Dictionary Search
• artifice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• actifier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin artificium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.ti.fis/

Noun

artifice m (plural artifices)

1. artifice, trick, ploy
2. (literary) device

Derived terms

• artificiel
• feu d'artifice
• sans artifice

Further reading

• “artifice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

artifice

1. ablative singular of artifex