"La kuracisto traktis multajn pacientojn."

Translation: The doctor dealt with many patients.

[Nvirjskly]

I have heard "kuraci", but never " traki". How do the two differ?

[JohnReid8]

My understanding of the Wiktionary definitions,

"kuraci" means to treat in a medical sense. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kuraci)

And "trakti" refers to treatment in a general sense, (So-and-so treated him/her well/poorly) with treating a patient as a secondary meaning. (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trakti)

[orbwizard]

Thanks for this – this sentence seems a less than ideal choice to introduce 'trakti', that being the case!

[deactivated user]

Iu respondu al lin, mi petas

[ShrimplyAmazing]

i always confuse Kuracisto with Kuiristo ><

[GeraldLund]

"I brought in my pet fish. How is he?". "Grilled with a twist of lemon."

[ZelieZazou]

"Trakti" makes me think of "tracter" in French which means "to tow" and from which is derived the word "tracteur" (tractor). So first I understood that the doctor towed many patients, maybe using a tractor.

[grumio]

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