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Elective vs Facultative - What's the difference?

elective | facultative |

As adjectives the difference between elective and facultative

is that elective is of, or pertaining to voting or elections while facultative is of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.

As a noun elective

is something that is option or that may be elected, especially a course of tertiary study.

elective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to voting or elections
  • That involves a choice between options; optional or discretionary
    • My insurance wouldn't pay for the operation because it was elective surgery.
  • * Bancroft
    • The independent use of their elective franchise.
  • * Dryden
    • Kings of Rome were at first elective

    Related terms

    * elect * election

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is option or that may be elected, especially a course of tertiary study.

    • facultative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty
  • Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective
  • That grants permission or power to do something
  • (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way
  • (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.

    • Antonyms

    * obligate

    Derived terms

    * facultatively

    References

    * Free Medical Dictionary * Oxford English Dictionary

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