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Performative vs Perforative - What's the difference?

performative | perforative |

As adjectives the difference between performative and perforative

is that performative is being enacted as it is said while perforative is having power to perforate or pierce.

As a noun performative

is a performative utterance.

performative

English

(wikipedia performative)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being enacted as it is said.
    • An example of a performative utterance could be, "I name this boat ''Alfred''".

    Related terms

    * performativity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A performative utterance.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) ----

    perforative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having power to perforate or pierce.
    • (Webster 1913)