Septic vs Styptic

I am wondering if anyone else cares about mixing the usage of these two words.
I really cringe when I see someone use the term "septic" pencil! It conjurs up images of swollen open pus filled sores. I do know what you all mean when you use the incorrect term. Here are some definitions for your enlightenment. This is just my being anal and trying a feeble attempt at humor.

Septic (def.)

1. (chiefly of a wound or a part of the body) infected with bacteria.
   synonyms:infected, festering, suppurating, pus-filled, putrid, putrefying, poisoned,diseased;
   purulent
   "a septic finger"
2. denoting a drainage system incorporating a septic tank.

styp·tic
ˈstiptik/
MEDICINE
adjective

1. 1.
   (of a substance) capable of causing bleeding to stop when it is applied to a wound.

noun

1. 1.
   a substance capable of stopping bleeding when applied to a wound.

styp·tic pen·cil
noun

1. a stick of a styptic substance, used to treat small cuts.

The term anal retentive (also anally retentive), commonly abbreviated to anal,[1] is used to describe a person who pays such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, potentially to the detriment of the anal-retentive person. The term derives from Freudianpsychoanalysis.

 

The bad thing about these words is that spell check will let both pass so you really have to be careful in their use when you write.

 

Septic smells like hot garbage, styptic burns like hot coals.

 

I recently went on a huge rant about the difference between instill and install.

 

Nice to see that I am not alone

 

There, their, they're. It will be OK.

 

I don't know how much further we can take this. I'll have to do some farther research.

 

That's why I use an alum block.

 

Your right. Please except my apology!

 

You are not alone Roderick.

 

I will star poof reading tommorrow

Dang spell check

 

I don't remember hearing/seeing anyone confuse the words, but it would irritate me if they did. Growing up with a septic tank.... yeah. lol

 

I always wonder if they store their septic pencil in their septic tank!

 

One could be a skeptic of both septics and styptics all together, but that would merely add to the confusion.

 

Although spell check has made me guilty of several grammatical errors in forum post over the years I do get annoyed when words are misused in a way that is obviously not related to spell check at all.

Most notably- Prolly

 

I wish we could hand out tickets for bad grammar...

 

Its, it's Your, You're, they're, their, there, and on it goes. We seem to be getting lazier, and more confused, the more we text, rather than write formally. There.... rant done. I was a teacher for a few years.

 

You forgot ensure and insure; two, to, and too; it's and its, and a whole host of others. I took a technical writing class with an excellent professor and it completely ruined me. There's actually a t-shirt you can buy that says "I'm silently correcting your grammar." That would be me...

As far as mixing up septic and styptic, I don't even want to think about what that person was rubbing on their face.