Acute versus Chronic
We often get encountered by term acute and chronic in our day to day life. Though both the terms are most often used in health sector, agriculture sector, climatology etc but having the clear understanding of these terms not only helps us to understand the context of the content better but often results in better action and replies to the questionnaires. Though in layman language the meaning of both the term “acute” and “chronic” seems to be same but this not the case in reality.
In this article we shall see not only the difference between two but also try to use them in sentences as build better understanding of both so that we can use them in our daily life.
Use of term acute and chronic in sentences
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Important note
As we have elaborately gone through the meaning and the usage of term acute and chronic we shall now focus on their proper pronunciation as having a good pronunciation creates a overall positive impression in both personal and professional world.
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The term acute is pronounced as əˈkjuːt
The term chronic is pronounced as krɑː.nɪk.
Summary
To summarize all of our learning in today article the term acute refers to something that is sudden and intense whereas the term chronic refers to recurring and long lasting effects. Thus by observing we also reached in to a conclusion that in some cases acute and chronic can be synonym to each other as previous one is used with reference to sudden and later one is used describe a situation lasting over longer period of time.
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