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Assertive vs Articulative - What's the difference?

assertive | articulative |

As adjectives the difference between assertive and articulative

is that assertive is boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive while articulative is serving to articulate or express something.

assertive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive

    • Derived terms

    * assertiveness

    articulative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to articulate or express something.
  • * 1929 , Science News Letter
  • * 2003 , Douglas Kellner, Media Culture
    • shock techniques used by rappers are both a mode of self-expression and articulative of the actual language and violence of urban ghetto culture.