different between tactic vs whitemail

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

white +? mail, by analogy with blackmail.

Noun

whitemail (uncountable)

1. (business) A tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party.
2. Persuasion based on positive rather than negative effects.

Related terms

• see blackmail

See also

• whitemail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

whitemail (third-person singular simple present whitemails, present participle whitemailing, simple past and past participle whitemailed)

1. To persuade.
2. (ironic) Of a white person: to carry out blackmail.