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Extreme vs. Radical — What's the Difference?

Extreme vs. Radical — What's the Difference?

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Extreme

Most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest
The extreme edge of the field.

Radical

Arising from or going to a root or source; basic
Proposed a radical solution to the problem.

Extreme

Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree; very intense
Extreme pleasure.
Extreme pain.

Radical

Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme or drastic
A radical change in diet.

Extreme

Being far beyond the norm
An extreme conservative.
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Radical

Relating to or advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions
Radical politics.
A radical political theorist.

Extreme

Of the greatest severity; drastic
Took extreme measures to conserve fuel.

Radical

(Medicine) Relating to or being surgery that is extreme or drastic in an effort to eradicate all existing or potential disease
Radical hysterectomy.

Extreme

Characterized by severe, usually oxygen-poor environmental conditions.

Radical

(Linguistics) Of or being a root
A radical form.

Extreme

Having an affinity for such conditions
An extreme microorganism.

Radical

Of, relating to, or arising from a root
Radical hairs.

Extreme

Very dangerous or difficult
Extreme rafting.

Radical

Arising from the base of a stem or from a below-ground stem or rhizome
Radical leaves.

Extreme

Participating or tending to participate in a very dangerous or difficult sport
An extreme skier.

Radical

(Slang) Excellent; wonderful.

Extreme

(Archaic) Final; last.

Radical

One who advocates fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions
Radicals seeking to overthrow the social order.

Extreme

The greatest or utmost degree or point.

Radical

(Mathematics) The root of a quantity as indicated by the radical sign.

Extreme

Either of the two things situated at opposite ends of a range
The extremes of boiling and freezing.

Radical

Symbol R An atom or a group of atoms with one unpaired electron.

Extreme

An extreme condition.

Radical

(Linguistics) See root1.

Extreme

An immoderate, drastic expedient
Resorted to extremes in the emergency.

Radical

Any of the basic Chinese characters that are combined to form more complex characters.

Extreme

The first or last term of a ratio or a series.

Radical

Any of the traditional set of basic strokes or groups of strokes that make up Chinese characters and are used to classify and organize them in dictionaries.

Extreme

A maximum or minimum value of a function.

Radical

Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
His beliefs are radical.

Extreme

(Logic) The major or minor term of a syllogism.

Radical

Pertaining to a root of a plant.

Extreme

Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.

Radical

Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.

Extreme

In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.

Radical

Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed.

Extreme

Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.

Radical

Of or pertaining to the root of a word.

Extreme

Drastic, or of great severity.
I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.

Radical

Produced using the root of the tongue.

Extreme

Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.

Radical

Involving free radicals.

Extreme

(archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
The extreme hour of life

Radical

(math) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
A radical quantity; a radical sign

Extreme

The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.

Radical

Excellent; awesome.
That was a radical jump!

Extreme

Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
Extremes of temperature

Radical

A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).

Extreme

One of the last moments of life.

Radical

A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.

Extreme

A drastic expedient.
Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.

Radical

A person with radical opinions.

Extreme

Hardships, straits.

Radical

(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).

Extreme

(mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

Radical

(linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.

Extreme

(archaic) Extremely.

Radical

(linguistics)Celtic In Celtic languages, refers to the basic, underlying form of an initial consonant which can be further mutated under the Celtic initial consonant mutations.

Extreme

At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

Radical

(linguistics)Semitic linguistics In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.

Extreme

Last; final; conclusive; - said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

Radical

(chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.

Extreme

The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire.

Radical

(organic chemistry) A free radical.

Extreme

Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
The Puritans or extreme Protestants.

Radical

Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or \sqrt{I}, such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.

Extreme

Extended or contracted as much as possible; - said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.

Radical

Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".

Extreme

The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

Radical

The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.

Extreme

Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; - often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.
His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness.

Radical

(number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.

Extreme

An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.

Radical

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

Extreme

Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

Radical

Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the center, to the foundation, to the ultimate sources, to the principles, or the like; original; fundamental; thorough-going; unsparing; extreme; as, radical evils; radical reform; a radical party.
The most determined exertions of that authority, against them, only showed their radical independence.

Extreme

The first or the last term of a proportion or series.

Radical

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the root of a plant; as, radical tubers or hairs.

Extreme

The furthest or highest degree of something;
He carried it to extremes

Radical

Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form.

Extreme

The point located farthest from the middle of something

Radical

Of or pertaining to a radix or root; as, a radical quantity; a radical sign. See below.

Extreme

Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;
Extreme cold
Extreme caution
Extreme pleasure
Utmost contempt
To the utmost degree
In the uttermost distress

Radical

A primitive word; a radix, root, or simple, underived, uncompounded word; an etymon.
The words we at present make use of, and understand only by common agreement, assume a new air and life in the understanding, when you trace them to their radicals, where you find every word strongly stamped with nature; full of energy, meaning, character, painting, and poetry.

Extreme

Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree;
An extreme example
Extreme temperatures
Extreme danger

Radical

One who advocates radical changes in government or social institutions, especially such changes as are intended to level class inequalities; - opposed to conservative.
In politics they [the Independents] were, to use the phrase of their own time, "Root-and-Branch men," or, to use the kindred phrase of our own, Radicals.

Extreme

Beyond a norm in views or actions;
An extreme conservative
An extreme liberal
Extreme views on integration
Extreme opinions

Radical

A characteristic, essential, and fundamental constituent of any compound; hence, sometimes, an atom.
As a general rule, the metallic atoms are basic radicals, while the nonmetallic atoms are acid radicals.

Extreme

Most distant in any direction;
The extreme edge of town

Radical

Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; - called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue.

Radical

(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

Radical

An atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule;
In the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells

Radical

A person who has radical ideas or opinions

Radical

A character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

Radical

A sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted

Radical

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
Thematic vowels are part of the stem

Radical

(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm;
Extremist political views
Radical opinions on education
An ultra conservative

Radical

Markedly new or introducing radical change;
A revolutionary discovery
Radical political views

Radical

Arising from or going to the root;
A radical flaw in the plan

Radical

Of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root;
A radical verb form

Radical

Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem;
Basal placentation
Radical leaves

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