Descriptor vs Descriptive - What's the difference?
descriptor | descriptive |
That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
# (computing) The name of a category of data in an information storage and retrieval system.
# (information science) A word that describes the subject of an article or book.
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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, author=John T. Jost
, title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=162
, magazine=(American Scientist)
As nouns the difference between descriptor and descriptive
is that descriptor is that which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description while descriptive is an adjective (or other descriptive word.As an adjective descriptive is
of or relating to description.descriptor
English
(wikipedia descriptor)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (information science) index termDerived terms
* file descriptor * segment descriptorAnagrams
* English agent nounsdescriptive
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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.}}