Substantive vs Alteration - What's the difference?
substantive | alteration |
Of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".
* 2012 , The Economist, 06 Oct 2012 issue; [http://www.economist.com/node/21564222 The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game]
Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
* Hazlitt
(legal) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law".
(chemistry) Of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
Depending on itself; independent.
* Francis Bacon
The act of altering or making different.
* 1594 , , Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity ,
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.
* 1892 , ,
As an adjective substantive
is nominalized.As a noun alteration is
alteration.substantive
English
(wikipedia substantive)Adjective
(en adjective)- In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.
- Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner.
- He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner.
Synonyms
* (of the essential element) essential, in essence * (having substance) meaty, substantialAntonyms
* (having substance) superficial * (legal) adjective, procedural * verbal * (of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant) adjectiveDerived terms
* substantive lawAlternative forms
* (abbreviation used in lexicography and grammar)Synonyms
* noun (sensu stricto)Derived terms
* substantivise/substantivize * substantival (substantivally)alteration
English
Noun
(en noun)- …alteration , though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…
- …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.