Deteriorative vs Deteriorated - What's the difference?
deteriorative | deteriorated |
Causing deterioration.
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(deteriorate)
To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
* Southey
To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
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As an adjective deteriorative
is causing deterioration.As a verb deteriorated is
(deteriorate).deteriorative
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Antonyms
* ameliorative * nondeteriorativedeteriorated
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Verb
(head)deteriorate
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(deteriorat)- to deteriorate the mind
- The art of war, like every other art, ecclesiastical architecture alone excepted, was greatly deteriorated during those years of general degradation
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