Descriptive vs Indicative - What's the difference?
descriptive | indicative |
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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serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
(grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
(grammar) the indicative mood
In grammar terms the difference between descriptive and indicative
is that descriptive is an adjective (or other descriptive word while indicative is the indicative mood.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) ----indicative
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- He had pains indicative of a heart attack.