Illustrative vs Prescriptive - What's the difference?
illustrative | prescriptive |
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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As adjectives the difference between illustrative and prescriptive
is that illustrative is demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating while prescriptive is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.illustrative
English
Adjective
(head)- This example of bad behavior is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.
prescriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]