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Constitutive vs Constituent - What's the difference?

constitutive | constituent |

Constituent is a related term of constitutive.



As adjectives the difference between constitutive and constituent

is that constitutive is having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something while constituent is being a part, or component of a whole.

As a noun constituent is

a part, or component of a whole.

constitutive

English

Adjective

(more)
  • having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something
  • having the power or authority to appoint someone to office
  • extremely important, essential
  • that forms a constituent part of something else
  • (biochemistry) (of an enzyme ) that is continuously produced at a constant rate

    • Related terms

    * constitute * constituent * constituency * constitution * constitutional ----

    constituent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • being a part, or component of a whole
  • * Dryden
    • Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.
  • authorized to make a constitution
  • * Junius
    • A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.

    Related terms

    * constitute * constituency * constitution * constitutional * constitutive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a part, or component of a whole
  • * Tyndall
    • We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.
  • The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance.
  • A resident of a place represented by an elected official.
  • * Macaulay
    • To appeal from the representatives to the constituents .
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  • (legal) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
    • (Burrill)
  • (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
  • *
    • Thus, the postulation of a Noun Phrase'' constituent is justified on morphological grounds, since it is not obvious how we could describe the grammar of the genitive 's inflection in English without saying that it's a ''Noun Phrase inflection.

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