Perceptions vs Descriptive - What's the difference?
perceptions | descriptive |
Of or relating to description.
(grammar) Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy'' in ''the heavy dictionary ).
(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
(science, philosophy) Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
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As nouns the difference between perceptions and descriptive
is that perceptions is plural of lang=en while descriptive is an adjective (or other descriptive word.As an adjective descriptive is
of or relating to description.descriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.}}