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Notional vs Theoretical - What's the difference?

notional | theoretical |

As adjectives the difference between notional and theoretical

is that notional is of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary while theoretical is of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

notional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
  • Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.
    • This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.
  • (linguistics) Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.
  • (finance) (Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount)
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    • Derived terms

    * notionality * notionally

    theoretical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

    • Derived terms

    * intertheoretical * intratheoretical * nontheoretical

    Coordinate terms

    * practical