Covering vs Descriptive - What's the difference?
covering | descriptive | Synonyms |
(countable) That which covers something.
(uncountable) Action of the verb to cover .
Of or relating to description.
(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy'' in ''the heavy dictionary ).
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
(science, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
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Covering is a synonym of descriptive.
As nouns the difference between covering and descriptive
is that covering is (countable) that which covers something while descriptive is (grammar) an adjective (or other descriptive word).As a verb covering
is .As an adjective descriptive is
of or relating to description.covering
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Verb
(head)descriptive
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}
