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Attributive vs Tetrasyllable - What's the difference?

attributive | tetrasyllable |

As nouns the difference between attributive and tetrasyllable

is that attributive is (grammar) an attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative while tetrasyllable is (also used attributively) a word comprising four syllables.

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.
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    • 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.

    tetrasyllable

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (also used attributively) A word comprising four syllables.

    • Derived terms

    * tetrasyllabic(al)

    References

    * “ tetrasyllable, n. ''(''a.'')]” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989