what is the difference between acetic and ascetic in terms of meaning,etymology and pronunciation?

Answer 1

Acetic acid
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from French acétique, from Latin acetum vinegar
Date: 1788
: a colorless pungent liquid acid C2H4O2 that is the chief acid of vinegar and that is used especially in synthesis (as of plastics)

ascetic
Function: adjective
Etymology: Greek askētikos, literally, laborious, from askētēs one that exercises, hermit, from askein to work, exercise
Date: 1646
1 : practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline
2 : austere in appearance, manner, or attitude

So one is Latin, the other Greek.

Answer 2

Ascetic Pronunciation

Answer 3

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definitions for Acetic
Vinegary taste or smell that develops when a wine is overexposed to air.
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Web definitions for ascetic
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
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Answer 4

Acetic-- (from acetum--Latin for vinegar)= having acidity, vinegary (adj)

Pronounced uh-set-ic


Ascetic--(from Greek asketikos--subject to rigorous exercise, hard-working)= a person who dedicates his or her life to religion, practices extreme adherence to such (n)

or adj-- very strict or severe

pronounced the same way as above