Causative vs Trigger - What's the difference?
causative | trigger |
Acting as a cause.
* Francis Bacon
Expressing a cause or reason; causal.
(linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
(psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.
(electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
(computing) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
(online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
(archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
to fire a weapon
to initiate something
to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
As nouns the difference between causative and trigger
is that causative is (linguistics) an expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition) while trigger is a finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.As an adjective causative
is acting as a cause.As a verb trigger is
to fire a weapon.causative
English
(wikipedia causative)Adjective
(-)- Causative in nature of a number of effects.
- The ablative is a causative case.
Noun
(en noun)External links
* * ----trigger
English
Noun
(en noun)- Just pull the trigger .
Derived terms
* trigger-happy * trigger point * trigger warningVerb
(en verb)- This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.