Similarity of adj analytical

2 senses of analytical

Sense 1
analytic (vs. synthetic), analytical -- (using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind")

Sense 2
analytic (vs. synthetic), analytical -- (of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition")
          Also See-> a priori#1; deductive#2; logical#1