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Affix Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Please help me with " electric & electrical "

What's the difference??
  

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Hello Affix, These two words may be freely exchanged for each other in most cases. Electrical is a bit more formal and less modern than electric. It is similar to the words automobile and auto, or even carriage and car.

  • Hello Affix, These two words may be freely exchanged for each other in most cases.
  • Electrical is a bit more formal and less modern than electric.
  • It is similar to the words automobile and auto, or even carriage and car.
  • I think that you can use either word in any sentence, but electric is generally more common these days.
  • electric (î-lèk´trîk) adjective 1.
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Hello Affix,

These two words may be freely exchanged for each other in most cases.

Electrical is a bit more formal and less modern than electric.
It is similar to the words automobile and auto,
or even carriage and car.

I think that you can use either word in any sentence,
but electric is generally more common these days.


electric (î-lèk

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