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Indicative vs Demonstrative - What's the difference?

indicative | demonstrative |

As an adjective demonstrative is

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indicative

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something
  • He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
  • (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood
  • Noun

  • (grammar) the indicative mood
  • demonstrative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
  • * Hooker
  • an argument necessary and demonstrative
  • given to open displays of emotion
  • * Blair
  • demonstrative eloquence
  • (grammar) that specifies the thing or person referred to
  • Derived terms

    * demonstrative adjective * demonstrative pronoun

    Noun

    (wikipedia demonstrative) (en noun)
  • (grammar) A demonstrative word
  • # A demonstrative adjective.
  • # A demonstrative pronoun.