different between tactic vs tactics
tactic
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)
- A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action
- Coordinate term: strategy
- (military) A maneuver used against an enemy.
- (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)
- (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 […]
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
- (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)
- tactical
Declension
tactic From the web:
- what tactics did the vietcong use
- what tactic used by unions weegy
- what were the tactics used by the vietcong
- why were the vietcong tactics so effective
tactics
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tækt?ks/
- Hyphenation: tac?tics
Noun
tactics
- plural of tactic
Noun
tactics (uncountable)
- (military) The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
- (military) The employment and ordered arrangement of forces in relation to each other.
Derived terms
- military tactics
- tactical
Translations
References
tactics From the web:
- what tactics does the nra use
- what strategies does the nra use
- what techniques does the nra use
- what methods do the nra use
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