Descriptive vs Authentic - What's the difference?
descriptive | authentic |
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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Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
As adjectives the difference between descriptive and authentic
is that descriptive is of or relating to description while authentic is of the same origin as claimed; genuine.As a noun descriptive
is (grammar) an adjective (or other descriptive word).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.}}
Antonyms
* (science) prescriptive, normative, non-descriptiveDerived terms
* descriptively * descriptiveness * descriptive ethics * descriptive geometry * descriptive statisticsSee also
* (projectlink) * (projectlink) ----authentic
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Alternative forms
* authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
- The report was completely authentic .
- an authentic''' writer; an '''authentic''' portrait; '''authentic information
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