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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Climate vs Climatic
I am wondering, how and when I should use adjective climate or climatic. Examples: climat* change, climat* factors, climatic cause..
What is difference between these two adjectives?
What is difference between these two adjectives?
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"Climate" is a noun and is used as adjective in noun-noun phrases; "climatic" is an adjective. In those usages, they mean the same thing -- relating to climate.
- "Climate" is a noun and is used as adjective in noun-noun phrases; "climatic" is an adjective.
- In those usages, they mean the same thing -- relating to climate.
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"Climate" is a noun and is used as adjective in noun-noun phrases; "climatic" is an adjective. In those usages, they mean the same thing -- relating to climate.
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Thank you very much for your swift answer, I was trying to translate one scientific paper into English and there was an expression meaning "climatic factors". It is actually very tough for me to say, it there is a possibility of noun-noun phrase (climate factor) in this case...
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