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Facilitative vs Causative - What's the difference?

facilitative | causative |

As adjectives the difference between facilitative and causative

is that facilitative is having the effect of making easy; easing while causative is acting as a cause.

As a noun causative is

(linguistics) an expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

facilitative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the effect of making easy; easing
  • * {{quote-journal, 1998, date=June 12, Amy F. T. Arnsten, NEUROSCIENCE: Enhanced: The Biology of Being Frazzled, Science citation
    • , passage=However, in contrast to the facilitative actions in subcortical structures, high levels of catecholamine release in prefrontal cortex result in cognitive dysfunction. }}

    causative

    English

    (wikipedia causative)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Acting as a cause.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Causative in nature of a number of effects.
  • Expressing a cause or reason; causal.
    • The ablative is a causative case.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

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