Generative vs Logical - What's the difference?
generative | logical |
Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
* That generative particle. — Bentley
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(not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
Reasonable.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
(computing) Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.
* 1986 , Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version
As adjectives the difference between generative and logical
is that generative is having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing while logical is (not comparable) in agreement with the principles of logic.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
* annihilativelogical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
- It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program