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Poll: Vicious...

Vicious...

circle
cycle
Either can be used.

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This Poll:

  • Votes: 456
  • Comments: 4
  • Added: March 2006

Comments:

Yohann

Frenche people says "un cercle vicieux" and the translation is a vicious CIRCLE. Maybe it's the same thing in English. But here, circle is used as a synonym of cycle, so, logically, either could be used.

sid

"Circulus vitiosus" is a Latin phrase, why throw in a Greek word?

amy

which one is correct?

HelenSmith

Both are used.

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