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Inaugurative vs Inaugural - What's the difference?

inaugurative | inaugural |

As adjectives the difference between inaugurative and inaugural

is that inaugurative is tat inaugurates while inaugural is of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.

As a noun inaugural is

an inauguration; a formal beginning.

inaugurative

English

Adjective

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  • (archaic) tat inaugurates
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    • , passage=When Christ reigns as Viceroy for Jehovah for a thousand years, as the Word of God so distinctly intimates, it may be that some such plan as this, far more perfect and world-wide in its aim, will form part of the inaugurative forces of that happy lot. }}

    inaugural

    English

    Adjective

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  • Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
  • * 2008 August 21, (Cape Times) , p. 21:
    • The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott on Wednesday at 8pm.
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  • Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
    • 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inauguration; a formal beginning.
    • The inaugural of the President will take place in March.
  • A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
  • * In his inaugural , President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'. ABC News' Teddy Davis on March 13, 2009.