Existence vs Operative - What's the difference?
existence | operative |
The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
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Effectual or important.
Functional, in working order.
Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects.
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Producing the appropriate or designed effect; efficacious.
Based upon, or consisting of, a surgical operation or operations.
An employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.
A spy, secret agent, or detective.
A participant of an operation.
As nouns the difference between existence and operative
is that existence is the state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood while operative is an employee or other worker with some particular function or skill.As an adjective operative is
effectual or important.existence
English
(wikipedia existence)Noun
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Antonyms
* nothingnessDerived terms
* nonexistenceoperative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He's usually in a good mood — the operative word there being "usually". Today was a disaster.
- an operative motive
- It holds in all operative principles.
- an operative dose, rule, or penalty
- operative surgery