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Inclusive vs Exhaustive - What's the difference?

inclusive | exhaustive |

As adjectives the difference between inclusive and exhaustive

is that inclusive is including (almost) everything within its scope while exhaustive is including every possible element.

inclusive

English

(wikipedia inclusive)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • including (almost) everything within its scope
    • An inclusive list of Wiki formats
  • including the extremes as well as the area between
    • Numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
  • (linguistics) of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed
    • As the we' in ''If you want, '''we could go back to my place for coffee.

    Related terms

    * include * inclusion * inclusively * inclusiveness

    Derived terms

    * all-inclusive * self-inclusive

    See also

    * ----

    exhaustive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Including every possible element.
    • We made an exhaustive list.
  • Fully comprehensive.

    • Derived terms

    * exhaustively * exhaustiveness * collectively exhaustive ----