Inclusive vs Exclusive - What's the difference?
inclusive | exclusive |
including (almost) everything within its scope
including the extremes as well as the area between
(linguistics) of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed
(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
(figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
exclusionary
whole, undivided, entire
Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only'', ''solely'', or ''simply .
Exclusive is a antonym of inclusive.
As adjectives the difference between inclusive and exclusive
is that inclusive is including (almost) everything within its scope while exclusive is excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.As a noun exclusive is
information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.inclusive
English
(wikipedia inclusive)Adjective
(en adjective)- An inclusive list of Wiki formats
- Numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
- As the we' in ''If you want, '''we could go back to my place for coffee.
Derived terms
* all-inclusive * self-inclusiveSee also
* ----exclusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Exclusive''' clubs tend to serve ' exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
- ''The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
Antonyms
* inclusive * non-exclusiveDerived terms
* exclusively * exclusiveness * exclusive or * exclusive right * exclusivity * mutually exclusiveNoun
(en noun)- ''The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature