Descriptive vs Narrative - What's the difference?
descriptive | narrative |
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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Telling a story.
Overly talkative; garrulous.
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Of or relating to narration.
The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
That which is narrated.
A representation of an event or story.
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As adjectives the difference between descriptive and narrative
is that descriptive is of or relating to description while narrative is telling a story.As nouns the difference between descriptive and narrative
is that descriptive is (grammar) an adjective (or other descriptive word) while narrative is the systematic recitation of an event or series of events.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) ----narrative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But wise through time, and narrative with age.
- the narrative thrust of a film