Generative vs Generous - What's the difference?
generative | generous |
Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
* That generative particle. — Bentley
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(obsolete) Of noble birth.
Noble in behaviour or actions; principled, not petty; kind, magnanimous.
Willing to give and share unsparingly; showing a readiness to give more (especially money) than is expected or needed.
Large, more than ample, copious.
As adjectives the difference between generative and generous
is that generative is having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing while generous is (obsolete) of noble birth.generative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.
Synonyms
* creativeAntonyms
* annihilativegenerous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Thank you for your generous words.
- She's been extremely generous with her winnings.