The difference between Stoic and Stoical

When used as adjectives, stoic means of or relating to the stoics or their ideas, whereas stoical means enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.


Stoic is also noun with the meaning: proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of marcus aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

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  1. Stoic as a noun (philosophy):

    Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

  2. Stoic as a noun:

    A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

  1. Stoic as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.

  2. Stoic as an adjective:

    Not affected by pain or distress.

  3. Stoic as an adjective:

    Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

  1. Stoical as an adjective:

    Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.

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