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Presumed vs Prescriptive - What's the difference?

presumed | prescriptive |

As adjectives the difference between presumed and prescriptive

is that presumed is appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it while prescriptive is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

As a verb presumed

is (presume).

presumed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (presume)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
  • Anagrams

    *

    prescriptive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
  • *
  • 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

    * normative

    Antonyms

    * descriptive (especially of grammar and usage) * proscriptive

    Derived terms

    * prescriptiveness