Procedural vs Processual - What's the difference?
procedural | processual |
Related to procedure.
(computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
(literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
* 2000 , Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies (page 35)
Of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science
Of or relating to the methodological study of cultural change and variability in archaeology
As adjectives the difference between procedural and processual
is that procedural is related to procedure while processual is of or relating to a process, especially to the methodological study of processes in social science.As a noun procedural
is a type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.procedural
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds; it wasn't the facts or the law, it was just they hadn't filed the correct forms.
- a procedural''' texture; '''procedural terrain
Derived terms
* procedurallyNoun
(en noun)- It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.