Subjunctive vs Definitive - What's the difference?
subjunctive | definitive |
(grammar, of a verb) Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
(grammar, uncountable) The subjunctive mood.
(countable) A form in the subjunctive mood.
explicitly defined
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
* Sir Thomas Browne
* Prescott
Limiting; determining.
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
(obsolete) Determined; resolved.
* 1604 , , V. i. 424:
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
As adjectives the difference between subjunctive and definitive
is that subjunctive is inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact while definitive is explicitly defined.As nouns the difference between subjunctive and definitive
is that subjunctive is the subjunctive mood while definitive is a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something.subjunctive
English
(Subjunctive mood) (English subjunctive)Adjective
(-)Noun
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* * ----definitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A strict and definitive truth.
- Some definitive scheme of reconciliation.
- a definitive word
- Never crave him. We are definitive .