Questions tagged [ic-ical]

Questions about the adjectival suffixes -ic and -ical.

Questions about differences between adjectives ending in -ic and -ical.

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What is the difference between -ic and -al?

Is there a defined difference between words like "egotistic" and egotistical" or "manic" and "maniacal" in that one could have a manic smile or maniacal laughter and other words that have similar forms?
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Electric car or electrical car

I know the right answer is the former one thanks to Google, but is there a reason behind it other than idiomatic usage?
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