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Modifier vs Determinans - What's the difference?

modifier | determinans |

As nouns the difference between modifier and determinans

is that modifier is one who, or that which, modifies while determinans is a modifier; a word that modifies another word.

modifier

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who, or that which, modifies.
  • (grammar) A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or phrase.
  • Synonyms

    * qualifier

    Derived terms

    * access modifier * dangling modifier * modifier key

    determinans

    Noun

  • (linguistics) A modifier; a word that modifies another word.
  • In the noun phrase “noun phrase”, “noun” is the determinans and “phrase” is the determinatum.