Ascriptive vs Prescriptive - What's the difference?
ascriptive | prescriptive |
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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As adjectives the difference between ascriptive and prescriptive
is that ascriptive is ascribing; relating to ascription while prescriptive is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.prescriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]