Electrical vs. Electric — What's the Difference?

Concerned with, operating by, or producing electricity

Of, worked by, charged with, or producing electricity

Electrical equipment or circuitry.

Having or producing a sudden sense of thrilling excitement

Also e·lec·tri·cal (-trĭ-kəl) Of, relating to, producing, or operated by electricity

The system of electric wiring and parts in a house or vehicle

Of or related to sound created or altered by an electrical or electronic device.

An electric train or other vehicle

Amplified by an electronic device

Also e·lec·tri·cal (-trĭ-kəl) Of, relating to, producing, or operated by electricity

Emotionally exciting; thrilling

Of or related to sound created or altered by an electrical or electronic device.

Exceptionally tense; highly charged with emotion

Amplified by an electronic device

An electrically powered machine or vehicle

Emotionally exciting; thrilling

Related to electricity (or electronics)

Exceptionally tense; highly charged with emotion

An electrical engineer.

An electrically powered machine or vehicle

Relating to or concerned with electricity;

Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.

Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity;

Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.

Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.

Electricity; the electricity supply.

(informal) An electric powered version of something that was originally or is more commonly not electric.

An electric car.

An electric toothbrush.

An electric typewriter.

(archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.

(fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.

Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark; an electric charge; an electric current; an electrical engineer.

Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance; an electric generator.

Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic.

Powered by electricity; as, electrical appliances; an electric toothbrush; an electric automobile.

A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

A car that is powered by electricity

Using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity;

(of a situation) exceptionally tense;

Affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling;