Difference between Macaronic and Italic

What is the difference between Macaronic and Italic?

Macaronic as an adjective is jumbled, mixed while Italic as an adjective is designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in italy in the 16th century.

Macaronic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: jumbled, mixed Written in a hodgepodge mixture of two or more languages.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A work of macaronic character. A word consisting of a mix of words of two or more languages, one of which is Latin, or a non-Latin stem with a Latin ending.

Italic

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.

We hope you now know whether to use Macaronic or Italic in your sentence.

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