Using the suffixes ичный vs. ический

[upthera44]

Hi again all

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[upthera44]

Oh boy... No short cuts with this one. I guess I'll need to start paying closer attention to the differences between these. Thanks for all the great examples!

[orie]

The meaning is almost always different.

For some roots you can use only one of these suffixes

I am not sure there's a pattern, unfortunately.

I have the impression that -ический has more abstract meaning, "something connected with an academic field whose name ends in -ика", e.g. экономический is connected with экономика.

And -ичный is more often in non-academic common language.

It's just my hypothesis and needs to be checked.

Hope this makes sense

[oiseau_russe]

Another pair for your collection: техничный (uses or needs lots of good technics) технический (purely mechanical or routine).

Never thaught about a pattern here...