Prescriptive vs Subscriptive - What's the difference?
prescriptive | subscriptive |
Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
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Of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.
As adjectives the difference between prescriptive and subscriptive
is that prescriptive is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard while subscriptive is of or pertaining to a subscription, or signature.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
* prescriptivenesssubscriptive
English
Adjective
(-)- The subscriptive part. — Richardson.