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Attributive vs Superstitial - What's the difference?

attributive | superstitial |

As nouns the difference between attributive and superstitial

is that attributive is (grammar) an attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative while superstitial is .

As an adjective attributive

is (grammar|of a word or phrase) modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.

attributive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
    • In "this big house", "big" is attributive , whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
  • Having the nature of an attribute.
  • *
    • 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

    * predicative

    Derived terms

    * attributively * attributive adjective * attributive noun * attributive verb

    Related terms

    * attribute

    Noun

    (wikipedia attributive) (en noun)
  • (grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.
    • 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.

    superstitial

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (advertising, often capitalized, sometimes used attributively) A proprietary standard in online advertising created by Unicast, featuring animation and interactivity; advertising produced under this standard.
  • * 2003 June, K. M. Ribisl, "The Potential of the Internet as a Medium to Encourage and Discourage Youth Tobacco Use," Tobacco Control , vol. 12, p. i55:
    • Over 10% of viewers have visited the truth site through one of these Superstitial ads.
  • * 2005 Sept. 19, Gavin O'Malley, " Pace Thyself," MediaPost (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):
    • [T]he value of superstitials , say, or any type of out-of-banner rich media ad, is just as potent as it was two years ago.
  • * 2006 April 24, Pam Stein, " Innovative Media Plans," iMEDIA Connection (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):
    • A revolutionary new idea can eventually become a mainstay in our media options. For example, I executed the first Unicast superstitial back in 1998 to promote the Universal Pictures movie “The Mummy.”

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