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Limited vs Conditional - What's the difference?

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Limited is a related term of conditional.


As adjectives the difference between limited and conditional

is that limited is with certain (often specified) limits placed upon it while conditional is limited by a condition.

As a verb limited

is (limit).

As a noun conditional is

(grammar) a conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.

limited

English

(wikipedia limited)

Verb

(head)
  • (limit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
  • *
    • Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.

    Related terms

    * limitedly * limitedness

    Synonyms

    * finite

    Antonyms

    * unlimited * infinite * endless

    Anagrams

    *

    conditional

    English

    Alternative forms

    * conditionall (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
  • (grammar) The conditional mood.
  • (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
    • "A implies B" is a conditional .
  • * L. H. Atwater
    • Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals .
  • (computing, programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
    • if and while are conditionals in some programming languages.
  • (obsolete) A limitation.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * (in logic) if-then statement; material conditional

    Meronyms

    * (in logic) antecedent * (in logic) consequent

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Limited by a condition.
    • I made my son a conditional promise: I would buy him a bike if he kept his room tidy.
  • * Bishop Warburton
    • Every covenant of God with man may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared.
  • (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
    • "A implies B" is a conditional statement.
  • * Whately
    • A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another.
  • (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.
    • a conditional word, mode, or tense

    Synonyms

    * conditioned * relative * limited * (in logic) hypothetical

    Antonyms

    * absolute * categorical * unconditional

    Derived terms

    * conditional entropy * conditional probability * conditional proof * conditional sentence