different between therapeutic vs clinical

English

Alternative forms

• therapeutick (obsolete)

Etymology

From New Latin therapeuticus (“curing, healing”), from Ancient Greek ???????????? (therapeutikós, “attentive, helpful, obliging, curative”), from ?????????? (therapeut?s, “one who waits on another, an attendant”), from ???????? (therapeú?, “I wait on, attend, serve, cure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????pju?t?k/, enPR: th?r'?-pyo?o?t?k

Adjective

therapeutic (comparative more therapeutic, superlative most therapeutic)

1. Of, or relating to therapy.
2. Having a positive effect on the body or mind.
   • 2009, Isha McKenzie-Mavinga, Black Issues in the Therapeutic Process

     His music is very therapeutic when you listen to it.

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard

     Medicine is justly distributed into prophylactic, or the art of preserving health, and therapeutic, or the art of restoring it.

Synonyms

• therapeutical
• curative
• remedial

Related terms

• therapeutical
• therapist
• therapy

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

therapeutic (plural therapeutics)

1. (medicine) A therapeutic agent

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Adjective

therapeutic (not comparable)

1. therapeutic (pertaining to therapy)

Related terms

• therapia

English

Etymology

clinic +? -al

Pronunciation

• enPR: kl?n'?k?l, IPA^(key): /?kl?n?k?l/

Adjective

clinical (comparative more clinical, superlative most clinical)

1. Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic

   Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.

2. (medicine) Dealing with practical management of patients; contrasting with prehealth sciences.
3. Cool and emotionless.
4. precise
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
5. (obsolete) Of or relating to a bed.

   a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed

   clinical baptism

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

clinical (plural clinicals)

1. (education) A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.