“Esthetics” or “Aesthetics”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 0 prefer “esthetics” and 10 prefer “aesthetics”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	esthetics	aesthetics	Preference
United States	20	80	“aesthetics”
United Kingdom	1	99	“aesthetics”
India	5	95	“aesthetics”
Philippines	2	98	“aesthetics”
Canada	46	54	“aesthetics”
Australia	1	99	“aesthetics”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	3	97	“aesthetics”
New Zealand	2	98	“aesthetics”
Jamaica	0	100	“aesthetics”
Trinidad & Tobago	20	80	“aesthetics”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“esthetics”

…antagonists, like - death and esthetics, beauty and destruction, perfectionism and
The band esthetics, costumes and instruments were different…
…of Louvain, where he studied esthetics.
…earliest textbooks on the subject, Esthetics and Osseointegration, which Parel claims…
…a scientific approach to musical esthetics (New York, The Ronald Press…
He then studied esthetics and history of art but…
Nanda R. Esthetics and Biomechanics in Orthodontics, Saunders,…
…van H. Verriest (1974) (The Esthetics of Hugo Verriest)
Our contribution to contemporary esthetics has been to pose the…
…is in keeping with the esthetics of Roman Baroque architecture as…

“aesthetics”

…et cetera, as applied in aesthetics, political philosophy, the philosophy of…
…and Human Nature", Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism (Summer 2004).
Sesemann, Vasily, Aesthetics, Translated by Mykolas Drunga, Edited…
…'Music of a Sinking Occasion' Aesthetics 2000
Eighteenth-Century Aesthetics and the Reconstruction of Art…
Art and Embodiment: From Aesthetics to Self-Consciousness.
…scene with diverse voices and aesthetics.
…minerals were prized for there aesthetics and medical properties.
…cinematography is both pleasing in aesthetics and technicality for its time.
Influential aesthetics

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