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Redundant vs Retentive - What's the difference?

redundant | retentive |

As adjectives the difference between redundant and retentive

is that redundant is superfluous; exceeding what is necessary while retentive is having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.

As a noun retentive is

(obsolete) that which retains or confines; a restraint.

redundant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Superfluous; exceeding what is necessary.
  • Repetitive or needlessly wordy.
  • (chiefly, British) Dismissed from employment because no longer needed; as in "rendered redundant".
  • Duplicating or able to duplicate the function of another component of a system, providing back-up in the event the other component fails.
  • * 2013 , Tom Denton, Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems , page 142:
    • The two lines are mainly used for redundant and therefore fault-tolerant message transmission, but they can also transmit different messages.

    Antonyms

    * non-redundant

    Related terms

    * redound * redundance * redundancy

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    retentive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
  • * c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare), ''Julius Caeser', Act 1 Scene 3
    • Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
  • anal-retentive

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

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