Difference between Diacritical and Diacritic

What is the difference between Diacritical and Diacritic?

Diacritical as an adjective is capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction. while Diacritic as a noun is a special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

Diacritical

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Capable of distinguishing or of making a distinction. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a diacritic

Diacritic

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

We hope you now know whether to use Diacritical or Diacritic in your sentence.

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