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What is the difference between "criticism" and "critique? Is the root word the same?

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August 24, 2006 3:42 p.m. (18 hours and 39 minutes later)

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Click here for a definition of the words criticize and critique. They both come from the same Greek root word kritikós. Critique has a more clearly defined meaning than criticism and has been called "the art of criticism."

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