different between tactic vs machination

English

Alternative forms

• tactick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from ????? (táss?, “to order, to arrange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tækt?k/
• Rhymes: -ækt?k

Noun

tactic (plural tactics)

1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.

   Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action

   Coordinate term: strategy

2. (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
3. (chess) A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.

Translations

Adjective

tactic (comparative more tactic, superlative most tactic)

1. (dated, military) Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.

   Synonym: tactical

   • 1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia

     But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
     Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
     All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
     All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]

2. (chemistry) Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.

Translations

Anagrams

• tic tac, tic-tac

Romanian

Etymology

From French tactique.

Adjective

tactic m or n (feminine singular tactic?, masculine plural tactici, feminine and neuter plural tactice)

1. tactical

Declension

English

Etymology

From French machination, or directly from Latin m?chin?ti?, from m?chinor (“devise, invent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæk??ne???n/, /?mæ???ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

machination (countable and uncountable, plural machinations)

1. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
2. The act of machinating or plotting.

Related terms

• machinal
• machinate

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin m?chin?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

machination f (plural machinations)

1. Undercover or underhanded plot; machination.

Related terms

• machiner

Further reading

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