What is the difference between procedural and substantive?
procedural | substantive |
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 the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".
* 2012 , The Economist, 06 Oct 2012 issue; [http://www.economist.com/node/21564222 The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game]
Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
* Hazlitt
(legal) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law".
(chemistry) Of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
Depending on itself; independent.
* Francis Bacon
Procedural is an antonym of substantive.
As adjectives the difference between procedural and substantive
is that procedural is related to procedure while substantive is of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".As nouns the difference between procedural and substantive
is that procedural is {{context|literature|lang=en}} a type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail while substantive is {{context|grammar|lang=en}} a word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.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.
See also
*substantive
English
(wikipedia substantive)Adjective
(en adjective)- In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.
- Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner.
- He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner.