edict vs addict
Definitions
noun
- a formal or authoritative proclamation
- a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Examples
The study predicted that, by 2022, the country would still require $7.2 billion in foreign aid a year—and that assumes an upsurge of so-far inexistent mining-industry revenue and no dramatic deterioration of security.
Unpredictable, emotional and alive, it is, in keeping with the area, soul with the rough edges intact.
It was a metaphor that predicted the nature of the many problems that have beset excessively large inner urban secondary schools in the intervening years.
Definitions
noun
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
verb
- to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Examples
Genetic factors, scientists believe, account for 70% of cocaine addiction, making it as heritable as schizophrenia and other mental health conditions.
Although alcoholism remains the number one dependency problem among judges and lawyers, the face of addiction continues to change.
This is exactly the kind of nitwittery that mikey is addicted to.
