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Seraphin Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Difference between martial and military?
I got baffled by this GRE-type of analogy question -
(I do not have the correct answer - and hope that people more knowledgeable in English can help out)
Martial : Military
A) basic : simplistic
B) classic : musical
C) cosmic : planetary
D) runic : mysterious
E) endemic : patriotic
I actually thought the answer should be c -
martial : of war (armed forces)
military: of army (one particular type of armed forces)
cosmic: of world
planetary: of one celestial body
But many others think it's a simple synonym so they choose D
Any help? Thank you.
(I do not have the correct answer - and hope that people more knowledgeable in English can help out)
Martial : Military
A) basic : simplistic
B) classic : musical
C) cosmic : planetary
D) runic : mysterious
E) endemic : patriotic
I actually thought the answer should be c -
martial : of war (armed forces)
military: of army (one particular type of armed forces)
cosmic: of world
planetary: of one celestial body
But many others think it's a simple synonym so they choose D
Any help? Thank you.
Top answer
I would also choose ( D). Runic is something tending to be mysterious; having a mysterious character. (eg runic writings) Martial is something having a military character or derived or adapted from the armed forces.
- I would also choose ( D).
- Runic is something tending to be mysterious; having a mysterious character.
- (eg runic writings) Martial is something having a military character or derived or adapted from the armed forces.
- (eg.
- Martial arts) Cosmic pertains to the entire universe; planetary only to the bodies circulating around a central star.
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I would also choose ( D).
Runic is something tending to be mysterious; having a mysterious character. (eg runic writings)
Martial is something having a military character or derived or adapted from the armed forces. .(eg. Martial arts)
Cosmic pertains to the entire universe; planetary only to the bodies circulating around a central star.
Runic is something tending to be mysterious; having a mysterious character. (eg runic writings)
Martial is something having a military character or derived or adapted from the armed forces. .(eg. Martial arts)
Cosmic pertains to the entire universe; planetary only to the bodies circulating around a central star.
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Thank you.
But I wonder if you could help address the part that confuses me -
martial is indeed used to refer to something adapted from the armed forces (as a whole, be it from army, navy, air force ...etc), yet the "first" meaning of military in many dictionaries is listed as pertaining to the army (non-exclusive though).
In this line of logic, cosmic refers to the entire un
But I wonder if you could help address the part that confuses me -
martial is indeed used to refer to something adapted from the armed forces (as a whole, be it from army, navy, air force ...etc), yet the "first" meaning of military in many dictionaries is listed as pertaining to the army (non-exclusive though).
In this line of logic, cosmic refers to the entire un
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There is no "general:particular" or "whole:part" relationship implied in the pair martial and military. So I don't think that cosmic:planetary has a similar relationship.
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