Definitive vs Permissive - What's the difference?
definitive | permissive |
explicitly defined
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
* Sir Thomas Browne
* Prescott
Limiting; determining.
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
(obsolete) Determined; resolved.
* 1604 , , V. i. 424:
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
As adjectives the difference between definitive and permissive
is that definitive is while permissive is giving, or predisposed to give permission; lenient.definitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A strict and definitive truth.
- Some definitive scheme of reconciliation.
- a definitive word
- Never crave him. We are definitive .