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Confrontational vs Confrontative - What's the difference?

confrontational | confrontative |

As adjectives the difference between confrontational and confrontative

is that confrontational is pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face while confrontative is confrontational.

confrontational

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=It was Liverpool who once again carried the momentum after the break and the recalled Rio Ferdinand was booked for a foul on Suarez, whose confrontational approach and brilliant natural ability was proving hard to handle.}}

    confrontative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • confrontational
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 10, author=Mickey Meece, title=Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007. }}