Admonitory vs Admonitive - What's the difference?
admonitory | admonitive | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to an admonition
Of or conveying admonition
* {{quote-book, 1677, , chapter=The Crucifixion of Christ, The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, year_published=1859
, passage=Again, this kind of suffering to the devout Fathers did seem many ways significant, or full of instructive and admonitive emblems;
* {{quote-journal, 2008, William F. Hanks, Fieldwork on Deixis, Journal of Pragmatics, volume=41
, passage=Wale’ typically occurs in S-final position and conveys variously dubitative (X is possible, but I doubt it), admonitive (X is possible so be careful; X is the case, so take note) or, when used with imperatives, exhortative (hurry up and X).}}
Admonitive is a synonym of admonitory.
As adjectives the difference between admonitory and admonitive
is that admonitory is of or pertaining to an admonition while admonitive is of or conveying admonition.admonitory
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(en adjective)- The schoolboy left an admonitory message on the bathroom wall.
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