Distinctive vs Descriptive - What's the difference?
distinctive | descriptive |
that serves to distinguish between things
that is characteristic or typical of something
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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As adjectives the difference between distinctive and descriptive
is that distinctive is that serves to distinguish between things while descriptive is of or relating to description.As a noun descriptive is
an adjective (or other descriptive word.distinctive
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(en adjective)External links
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(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.}}