Illustrative vs Descriptive - What's the difference?
illustrative | descriptive |
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
Of or relating to description.
(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy'' in ''the heavy dictionary ).
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
(science, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
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As adjectives the difference between illustrative and descriptive
is that illustrative is demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating while descriptive is of or relating to description.As a noun descriptive is
an adjective (or other descriptive word.illustrative
English
Adjective
(head)- This example of bad behavior is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.
descriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}