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Declarative vs Procedural - What's the difference?

declarative | procedural |

As adjectives the difference between declarative and procedural

is that declarative is while procedural is procedural.

declarative

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Expressing truth.
  • (computing, programming) That declares a construct.

    • Usage notes

    In some linguistic models, "indicative" and "declarative" are synonyms. In others, the "declarative" mood and "interrogative" mood are distinct types of "indicative" moods.

    procedural

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to procedure.
    • The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds; it wasn't the facts or the law, it was just they hadn't filed the correct forms.
  • (computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
    • a procedural''' texture; '''procedural terrain

    Derived terms

    * procedurally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
  • * 2000 , Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies (page 35)
    • It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.

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