Academic vs. Academial — What's the Difference?

Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.

(rare) academic

Of or relating to studies that rely on reading and involve abstract thought rather than being primarily practical or technical.

Academic.

Relating to scholarly performance

Academic Of or relating to the conservative style of art promoted by an official academy, especially the Académie des Beaux Arts in France in the nineteenth century.

Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical

Having no important consequence or relevancy

A faculty member or scholar at an institution of higher learning, such as a university.

One who has an academic viewpoint or a scholarly background.

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.

In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.

Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.

Having a love of or aptitude for learning.

(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.

Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.

So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.

A follower of Plato, a Platonist.

A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.

A member of the Academy; an academician.

(archaic) A student in a college.

(pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals.

(pluralonly) Academic studies.

Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.

Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific.

One holding the philosophy of Socrates and Plato; a Platonist.

A member of an academy, college, or university; an academician.

An educator who works at a college or university

Associated with academia or an academy;

Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result;

Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects