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Difference between Climacteric period and Climactic period

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climacteric period—

1. the period of menopause in women:

  • Psychological and social conditions influenced the presence of depression during the climacteric period.

2. a period of decisive importance:

  • Barnes rendered specially valuable service in behalf of the Union during the climacteric period of the Civil War.

climactic period—a period of greatest intensity in a series of events:

  • The climactic period in the dinosaurs’ reign was reached just before the ice age.