Prescriptive vs Informative - What's the difference?
prescriptive | informative |
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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Providing information; especially , providing useful or interesting information.
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
As adjectives the difference between prescriptive and informative
is that prescriptive is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard while informative is providing information; especially , providing useful or interesting information.prescriptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
language). [...]
Synonyms
* normativeAntonyms
* descriptive (especially of grammar and usage) * proscriptiveDerived terms
* prescriptivenessinformative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week.