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Formative vs Germinal - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between formative and germinal

is that formative is of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something while germinal is pertaining or belonging to a germ.

As a noun formative

is a language unit that has morphological function.

As a proper noun Germinal is

the seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, from March 20 or 21 to April 20 or 21.

formative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
    • My formative years were spent in an inner city.
  • Capable of forming something.
  • (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
  • (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.

    • Derived terms

    * formativeness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
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    germinal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining or belonging to a germ.
  • (label) Of or pertaining to something very small, as small as a germ; pertaining to the essence of something.
    • It was only the most germinal idea, to start writing a book, originally.
  • (label) Highly influential, seminal.

    • Usage notes

    In sense “highly influential”, primarily used as a consciously feminist alternative to male (m) ( vs. (term)).

    Synonyms

    * (relating to seed) (l) * (influential) (l)

    Derived terms

    * germinal cell * germinal disk * germinal epithelium * germinal matrix * germinal membrane * germinal spot * germinal vesicle * subgerminal

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