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Nominative vs Dominative - What's the difference?

nominative | dominative |

As a noun nominative

is .

As an adjective dominative is

exhibiting or pertaining to domination.

nominative

English

(wikipedia nominative)

Adjective

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  • (grammar) Giving a name; naming; designating; — said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

    • Derived terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The nominative case.
  • A noun in the nominative case.

    • dominative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exhibiting or pertaining to domination.
  • * 1969 , Lois N. Nelson, The nature of teaching: a collection of readings
    • A sustained dominative pattern was consistently disliked by pupils, reduced their ability to recall, later on, the material studied, and produced disruptive anxiety as indicated by galvanic skin response and changes in the heartbeat rates.