Decisive vs Derisive - What's the difference?
decisive | derisive |
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
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Marked by promptness and decision.
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
As adjectives the difference between decisive and derisive
is that decisive is having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive while derisive is expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.decisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
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- A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.
Synonyms
* decided * positive * conclusiveAntonyms
* indecisiveDerived terms
* decisively * decisivenessReferences
* (Webster 1913) * ----derisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The critic's review of the film was derisive .
- The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.