Alternative vs Malternative - What's the difference?
alternative | malternative |
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
Other.
alternate; reciprocal
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
As nouns the difference between alternative and malternative
is that alternative is alternative while malternative is an alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.alternative
English
(wikipedia alternative)Adjective
(-)- an alternative proposition
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative voteNoun
(en noun)- ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’