Descriptive vs Decision - What's the difference?
descriptive | decision |
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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A choice or judgement.
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(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
(baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
(boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
As nouns the difference between descriptive and decision
is that descriptive is (grammar) an adjective (or other descriptive word) while decision is decision.As an adjective descriptive
is of or relating to description.descriptive
English
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) ----decision
English
Noun
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