What's the difference between delphian and delphic?
Delphian
Definition:
(a.) Delphic.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Cox model with four risk factors (P less than 0.05) was found to predict failure above the clavicles: lymph node metastasis in the laryngectomy specimen (Delphian, pretracheal, tracheoesophageal, parathyroid), primary tumor more than 1.5 cm in greatest diameter, subglottic extension, and lymph node metastasis in the neck dissection specimen.
(2) The frequency of neck metastasis or death, or both, from cancer is unusually high in patients with a positive Delphian node.
(3) In 12 of these patients with glottic cancer (T1-T3), the neck was clinically negative but a positive Delphian node was discovered at partial or total laryngectomy; in 6 patients, ipsilateral neck metastasis developed.
(4) There were two unusual sites of metastasis; one Delphian node in patient whose primary lesion invaded to thyroid gland, and pretracheal as well as upper mediastinal nodes in patient who had 6 positive nodes in recurrent chain and one positive node in jugular chain.
(5) Between 1960 and 1985, we identified 20 cases of histologically proven metastasis to the Delphian node.
(6) The significance of metastatic cancer in the Delphian lymph node in patients with laryngeal carcinoma has not been thoroughly discussed.
Delphic
Definition:
(a.) Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
(a.) Ambiguous; mysterious.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Some clarity on these Delphic utterances up in Manchester would be greatly appreciated by the Tory economic right," he said.
(2) The bond strengths achieved with Prismafil were statistically significantly (P less than 0.05) lower than Heliosit and Delphic between which no significant differences were found.
(3) In the quest to categorise the delphic prime minister, it has become increasingly common to claim that her true purpose is to exploit Labour’s abject weakness to set the country on a madly rightwing trajectory.
(4) The ancient Greeks had Pythia, their Delphic Oracle; the Romans had their Vestal Virgins and, in Live and Let Die , Dr Kananga had his Solitaire.
(5) This delphic comment presumably refers to his planned onward trip to Cuba and Brazil.
(6) The length of the tags and the density of tagging observed on the replicas showed that the three composite materials, Adaptic, Concise and Delphic, adapted to the etched enamel surface equally as well as the unfilled resin Nuva Seal.
(7) There are a number of legal and contractual issues related to nuclear material in both the UK and EU, for which early resolution is important in providing the necessary legal certainty to operators and governments,” it adds delphically.
(8) European leaders tend to have a delphic mechanism for dealing with human rights in which they refer to an established dialogue on the issue which is then handled by lowly officials on the Chinese side.
(9) In a delphic radio interview today he hinted at his private doubts, saying: "I think you have got to respect the result of the general election and that we have lost."