different between tortive vs ortive

English

From Latin torquere (“to twist”). Sometimes attributed to Shakespeare.

tortive (comparative more tortive, superlative most tortive)

Twisted; wreathed.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene III
  As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap
  Infects the sound pine and diverts his grain
  Tortive and errant from his course of growth.

From Latin ortivus.

ortive (comparative more ortive, superlative most ortive)

Of or relating to the time or act of rising; eastern.
the ortive amplitude of a planet

ortive

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