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Monotransitive vs Ditransitive - What's the difference?

monotransitive | ditransitive |


As adjectives the difference between monotransitive and ditransitive

is that monotransitive is in grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language while ditransitive is (linguistics) of a class of verbs which take both an object and an indirect object an example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).

As a noun ditransitive is

(linguistics) a verb that takes both an object and an indirect object.