transitive

As an adjective transitive

is making a (l) or passage.

As a noun nilmanifold is

(mathematics) a quotient space of a nilpotent lie group modulo a closed subgroup, or (equivalently) a homogeneous space with a nilpotent lie group acting transitively on it.

As adjectives the difference between transitive and nontransitive

is that transitive is making a (l) or passage while nontransitive is not transitive.

Transitive is an antonym of unaccusative.

As adjectives the difference between transitive and unaccusative

is that transitive is making a (l) or passage while unaccusative is (linguistics|of a verb) intransitive and having an experiencer as its subject, that is, the (syntactic) subject is not a (semantic) agent.

As a noun unaccusative is

(linguistics) an unaccusative verb.

Transitive is an antonym of unergative.

As adjectives the difference between transitive and unergative

is that transitive is making a (l) or passage while unergative is (linguistics|of a verb) intransitive and having an agent as its subject.

As a noun unergative is

(linguistics) an unergative verb.