Associative vs Conceptual - What's the difference?
associative | conceptual |
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
such that, for any operands ,
(computing) addressable by a key more complex than an integer index
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
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Of, or relating to conceptualism
As adjectives the difference between associative and conceptual
is that associative is pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite while conceptual is of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination.associative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Awk's associative arrays may be indexed by strings.
- Associative memories were once given considerable attention.
Derived terms
* antiassociativeconceptual
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.