Presumed vs Prescriptive - What's the difference?
presumed | prescriptive |
(presume)
appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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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
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Anagrams
*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). [...]