Authentic vs Definitive - What's the difference?
authentic | definitive | Related terms |
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
explicitly defined
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
* Sir Thomas Browne
* Prescott
Limiting; determining.
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
(obsolete) Determined; resolved.
* 1604 , , V. i. 424:
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
Authentic is a related term of definitive.
As adjectives the difference between authentic and definitive
is that authentic is of the same origin as claimed; genuine while definitive is .authentic
English
Alternative forms
* authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
- The report was completely authentic .
- an authentic''' writer; an '''authentic''' portrait; '''authentic information
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* (of the claimed origin) genuine, real, bonafide, bona fide, unfaked * (conforming to fact) reliable, trustworthy, credible, unfakedAntonyms
* (not of the claimed origin) phony, fake; ingenuineDerived terms
* authentically * authenticate * authentication * authenticity * authenticism * authenticistdefinitive
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A strict and definitive truth.
- Some definitive scheme of reconciliation.
- a definitive word
- Never crave him. We are definitive .