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Notional vs Civilian - What's the difference?

notional | civilian |

As adjectives the difference between notional and civilian

is that notional is of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary while civilian is that which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession.

As a noun civilian is

a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.

notional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
  • Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
  • This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
  • (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
  • (finance) (Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount)
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  • Derived terms

    * notionality * notionally

    civilian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
  • (label) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.
  • One skilled in civil law.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • A student of civil law at a university or college.
  • Adjective

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  • That which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession