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Privative vs Primative - What's the difference?

privative | primative |

As adjectives the difference between privative and primative

is that privative is causing privation; depriving while primative is obsolete spelling of primitive.

As a noun privative

is something that causes privation or indicates an absence.

privative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Causing privation; depriving.
  • Consisting in the absence of something; negative.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Privative blessings, blessings of immunity, safeguard, liberty, and integrity.
  • (grammar) Indicating the absence of something.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that causes privation or indicates an absence.
    • ----

    primative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)