The difference between Derived and Radical

When used as adjectives, derived means of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species, whereas radical means favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.


Radical is also noun with the meaning: a member of the most progressive wing of the liberal party.

check bellow for the other definitions of Derived and Radical

  1. Derived as an adjective (systematics):

    Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

  2. Derived as an adjective (comparable, archaic, taxonomy):

    Possessing features believed to be more advanced or improved than those other organisms.

  3. Derived as an adjective:

    product of derivation

    Examples:

    "The French language is derived from Latin."

  1. Derived as a verb:

  1. Radical as an adjective:

    Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.

    Examples:

    "His beliefs are radical."

  2. Radical as an adjective (botany, not comparable):

    Pertaining to a root .

  3. Radical as an adjective:

    Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.

  4. Radical as an adjective:

    Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.

    Examples:

    "The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed."

  5. Radical as an adjective (lexicography, not comparable):

    Of or pertaining to the root of a word.

  6. Radical as an adjective (phonology, phonetics, not comparable, of a sound):

    Produced using the root of the tongue.

  7. Radical as an adjective (chemistry, not comparable):

    Involving free radicals.

  8. Radical as an adjective (math):

    Relating to a radix or mathematical root.

    Examples:

    "a radical quantity; a radical sign"

  9. Radical as an adjective (slang, 1980s & 1990s):

    Excellent; awesome.

    Examples:

    "That was a radical jump!"

  1. Radical as a noun (historical: 19th-century Britain):

    A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).

  2. Radical as a noun (historical: early 20th-century France):

    A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.

  3. Radical as a noun:

    A person with radical opinions.

  4. Radical as a noun (arithmetic):

    A root (of a number or quantity).

  5. Radical as a noun (linguistics):

    In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.

  6. Radical as a noun (linguistics):

    In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.

  7. Radical as a noun (chemistry):

    A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.

  8. Radical as a noun (organic chemistry):

    A free radical.

  9. Radical as a noun (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an [[ideal]]):

    Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.

  10. Radical as a noun (algebra, ring theory, of a [[ring]]):

    Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".

  11. Radical as a noun (algebra, ring theory, of a [[module]]):

    The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.

  12. Radical as a noun (number theory):

    The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.