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

  1. Critical as an adjective:

    Inclined to find fault or criticize

    Examples:

    "synonyms: fastidious captious censorious exacting"

    "A good teacher is fair but critical."

  2. Critical as an adjective:

    Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.

    Examples:

    "This is a critical moment."

  3. Critical as an adjective:

    Extremely important.

    Examples:

    "It's critical that you deliver this on time."

  4. 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."

  5. 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."

  6. 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."

  7. 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."

  8. 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.

  1. Critical as a noun:

    A critical value, factor, etc.

  2. Critical as a noun:

    In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.

  1. Invective as a noun:

    An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.

  2. Invective as a noun:

    A severe or violent censure or reproach.

  3. Invective as a noun:

    Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

  4. Invective as a noun:

    A harsh or reproachful accusation.

    Examples:

    "Politics can raise invective to a low art."

  1. Invective as an adjective:

    Characterized by invection or railing.

    Examples:

    "Tom's speeches became diatribes — each more invective than the last."