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Separative vs Reparative - What's the difference?

separative | reparative |

As adjectives the difference between separative and reparative

is that separative is serving to separate while reparative is tending to or intended to repair.

As a noun reparative is

that which repairs.

separative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving to separate
    • Separative virtue of extreme cold.
    (Boyle)
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    reparative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to or intended to repair.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which repairs.