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Excessive vs Exessive - What's the difference?

excessive | exessive |

As adjectives the difference between excessive and exessive

is that excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate while exessive is of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.

As a noun exessive is

the exessive case, or a word in that case.

excessive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
    • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number

    Related terms

    * exceed * excess

    exessive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) The exessive case, or a word in that case.