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Deletive vs Depletive - What's the difference?

deletive | depletive |

As adjectives the difference between deletive and depletive

is that deletive is tending to delete or obliterate while depletive is causing depletion.

As a noun depletive is

any substance used to deplete.

deletive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to delete or obliterate.
    • lexical deletive rules
    (Evelyn)
    (Webster 1913)

    depletive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing depletion.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance used to deplete.
    • (Webster 1913)