Prescriptive vs Prospective - What's the difference?
prescriptive | prospective |
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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Likely or expected to happen or become.
Anticipated in the near or far future.
Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
* Milton
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
* Sir J. Child
(obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
(obsolete) A perspective glass.
(informal, often plural) A (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
* 2006 , Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman , volume 14, issues 4-6, page 114:
As adjectives the difference between prescriptive and prospective
is that prescriptive is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard while prospective is likely or expected to happen or become.As a noun prospective is
the scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.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). [...]
Synonyms
* normativeAntonyms
* descriptive (especially of grammar and usage) * proscriptiveDerived terms
* prescriptivenessprospective
English
Adjective
(-)- Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
- Time's long and dark prospective glass.
- The French king and king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective , too, in this affair.
Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- Would you like to show the prospective around?
- I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.
- At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained.