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Distinctive vs Seminal - What's the difference?

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Distinctive is a related term of seminal.


As adjectives the difference between distinctive and seminal

is that distinctive is that serves to distinguish between things while seminal is seminal.

distinctive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • that serves to distinguish between things
  • that is characteristic or typical of something

    • Related terms

    * distinct * distinction * distinguish * distinguishable * distinguishness

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    seminal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to seed or semen.
  • Creative or having the power to originate.
  • Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
  • * Hare
    • The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
    "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
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    • Synonyms

    * (relating to seed) germinal * (creative) innovative, primary * (highly influential) innovative, formative

    Derived terms

    * seminality * seminally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A seed.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • the seminals of spiders and scorpions

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