Attributive vs Property - What's the difference?
attributive | property |
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
Having the nature of an attribute.
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(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.
Something that is owned.
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, chapter=4, title= A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
Real estate; the business of selling houses.
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
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, title= (label) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.
An object used in a dramatic production.
(label) Propriety; correctness.
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between attributive and property
is that attributive is an attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative while property is something that is owned.As an adjective attributive
is modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.As a verb property is
to invest with properties, or qualities.attributive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In "this big house", "big" is attributive , whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
- Since both Attributes'' and ''Adjuncts'' recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that ''Attributes'' are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as ''Attributes'' rather than ''Adjuncts ).
Antonyms
* predicativeDerived terms
* attributively * attributive adjective * attributive noun * attributive verbNoun
(wikipedia attributive) (en noun)- In "this big house," "big" is an attributive , while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
- In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.
property
English
Alternative forms
* propretieNoun
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.}}
Philip J. Bushnell
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
Lee S. Langston, magazine=(American Scientist)
The Adaptable Gas Turbine, passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
- (Camden)
Synonyms
* (something owned) belongings, owndom, possession * (piece of real estate) land, parcel * (attribute or abstract quality of an object) attribute, feature, owndom * (object used in a dramatic production) prop * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* abandoned property * accidental property * bound property * chemical property * country property * essential property * hot property * intellectual property * lost property * man of property * mechanical property * metaproperty * mislaid property * personal property * physical property * private property * prop * propertied * property file * property ladder * property law * property line * property man * property master * property owner * property porn * property rights * property tax * propertyless * public property * qualified property * real propertyVerb
- (Shakespeare)
- They have here propertied me.