Passive vs Pensive - What's the difference?
passive | pensive |
Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
Taking no action.
(grammar) Being in the passive voice.
(psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
(finance) Not participating in management.
(uncountable, grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
(countable, grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.
Having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.
Looking thoughtful, especially from sadness.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 4.
As a noun passive
is .As an adjective pensive is
having the appearance of deep, often melancholic, thinking.passive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He remained passive during the protest.
Antonyms
* active * aggressiveSynonyms
* inactive * idle * disinterested * uninvolvedDerived terms
* passive-aggressive * passively * passiveness * passive smoking * passive voice * passivity * passivisation / passivization * passivise / passivizeNoun
(en noun)External links
* * ----pensive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Abstruse thought and profound researches I prohibit, and will severely punish, by the pensive melancholy which they introduce