Descriptive vs Predictive - What's the difference?
descriptive | predictive |
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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Useful in predicting.
:The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
(computing) Describing a predictor.
As adjectives the difference between descriptive and predictive
is that descriptive is of or relating to description while predictive is .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.}}