Modifier vs Attributive - What's the difference?
modifier | attributive |
One who, or that which, modifies.
(grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.
Having the nature of an attribute.
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(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.
In grammar terms the difference between modifier and attributive
is that modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase while attributive is an attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.As nouns the difference between modifier and attributive
is that modifier is one who, or that which, modifies while attributive is an attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative.As an adjective attributive is
modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.modifier
English
(wikipedia modifier)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* qualifierDerived terms
* access modifier * dangling modifier * modifier keyattributive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In "this big house", "big" is attributive , whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.
- Since both Attributes'' and ''Adjuncts'' recursively expand N-bar into N-bar, it seems clear that the two have essentially the same function, so that ''Attributes'' are simply pronominal Adjuncts (though we shall continue to follow tradition and refer to attributive premodifiers as ''Attributes'' rather than ''Adjuncts ).
Antonyms
* predicativeDerived terms
* attributively * attributive adjective * attributive noun * attributive verbNoun
(wikipedia attributive) (en noun)- In "this big house," "big" is an attributive , while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
- In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.