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Ostensive vs Enumerative - What's the difference?

ostensive | enumerative |

As adjectives the difference between ostensive and enumerative

is that ostensive is apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible while enumerative is of, pertaining to or based on enumeration.

ostensive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible
  • Clearly demonstrative.

    • Derived terms

    * ostensive definition * ostensively

    Related terms

    * ostentatious * ostentation ----

    enumerative

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration
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    • , passage=After all, “physical object” hardly provides the clearly demarcated enumerative conditions that the sortal dependency thesis seems to require. }}

    Derived terms

    * enumeratively ----