Prospective vs Respective - What's the difference?
prospective | respective |
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:
Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.
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(obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary.
* Archbishop Sandys
(obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.
(obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect.
* 1599 , , IV. iv. 192:
(obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
* Chapman
* Lord Burleigh
In obsolete terms the difference between prospective and respective
is that prospective is a perspective glass while respective is rendering respect; respectful; regardful.As a noun prospective
is the scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.prospective
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.
References
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English
Adjective
(-)- They returned to their respective places of abode.
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- If you look upon the church of England with a respective eye, you can not refuse this charge.
- the respective connections of society
- What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,
- With respective shame, rose, took us by the hands.
- With thy equals familiar, yet respective .