Elective vs Nonelective - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between elective and nonelective

is that elective is while nonelective is not elective.

(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

(en noun)

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