The difference between Critical and Invective
When used as nouns, critical means a critical value, factor, etc, whereas invective means an expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
When used as adjectives, critical means inclined to find fault or criticize, whereas invective means characterized by invection or railing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Critical and Invective
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Critical as an adjective:
Inclined to find fault or criticize
Examples:
"synonyms: fastidious captious censorious exacting"
"A good teacher is fair but critical."
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Critical as an adjective:
Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
Examples:
"This is a critical moment."
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Critical as an adjective:
Extremely important.
Examples:
"It's critical that you deliver this on time."
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Critical as an adjective:
Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
Examples:
"The movie was a critical success, but bombed at the box-office."
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Critical as an adjective (medicine):
Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.
Examples:
"The patient's condition is critical."
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Critical as an adjective:
Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
Examples:
"The political situation was so critical that the government declared the state of siege."
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Critical as an adjective (physics):
Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes self-sustaining.
Examples:
"The reaction was about to become critical."
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Critical as an adjective:
(physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.
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Critical as a noun:
A critical value, factor, etc.
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Critical as a noun:
In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.
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Invective as a noun:
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
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Invective as a noun:
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
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Invective as a noun:
Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
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Invective as a noun:
A harsh or reproachful accusation.
Examples:
"Politics can raise invective to a low art."
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Invective as an adjective:
Characterized by invection or railing.
Examples:
"Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last."