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Corsive vs Cursive - What's the difference?

corsive | cursive |

As adjectives the difference between corsive and cursive

is that corsive is corrosive while cursive is running; flowing.

As nouns the difference between corsive and cursive

is that corsive is a corrosive while cursive is a cursive character, letter or font.

corsive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Corrosive.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, obsolete) A corrosive.
  • (obsolete) Something damaging or annoying; an inconvenience, an evil.
  • * , New York, 2001, p.107:
    • From commonwealths and cities I will descend to families, which have as many corsives and molestations, as frequent discontents as the rest.
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    cursive

    English

    (wikipedia cursive)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Running; flowing.
  • Having successive letters joined together.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cursive character, letter or font.
  • A manuscript written in cursive characters.

    • Antonyms

    * print

    Derived terms

    * cursively * cursiveness

    See also

    * handwriting * italic * longhand * shorthand ----