different between utopical vs topical

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju.t?p.?.k?l/
• Rhymes: -?p?k?l

Adjective

utopical (comparative more utopical, superlative most utopical)

1. (obsolete) Utopian; ideal.
   • c. 1640, Joseph Hall, quoted in 1837, Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings:

     But let no idle Donatist of Amsterdam dream hence of an Utopical perfection.

   • 1740, Ebenezer Turell, Sermon, preached at Cambridge, September 12, 1739; page 7

     Let Quakers and others idly dream of such utopical Perfection, and not us.

References

• utopical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• apulotic, autoclip, capitoul

English

Etymology

topic +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?p.?.k?l/
• Rhymes: -?p?k?l

Adjective

topical (comparative more topical, superlative most topical)

1. Relating to a particular topic or subject.

   The book is divided into topical chapters.

2. Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.

3. Local to a particular place
4. (medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.

   Antonym: systemic

5. (medicine, not comparable) Applied externally (to the surface of the skin or eye).
6. Arranged according to topic or theme; thematic.

Translations

Noun

topical (plural topicals)

1. (pharmacology) A topical anaesthetic.

Anagrams

• Capitol, capitol, coalpit, lipcoat, optical, pit coal