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Institutional vs Noninstitutional - What's the difference?

institutional | noninstitutional |

As adjectives the difference between institutional and noninstitutional

is that institutional is of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution while noninstitutional is not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution.

institutional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or organized along the lines of an institution.
  • Instituted by authority.
  • Elementary; rudimentary.
    • (Webster 1913)

    noninstitutional

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-institutional

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not institutional; not having the usual characteristics of an institution
  • *{{quote-news, 1988, January 15, Harold Henderson, To Feed the World at Our Doorstep..., Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Addams did her best to run this institution in a noninstitutional way. }}

    Derived terms

    *noninstitutionally