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Substantive vs Adverb - What's the difference?

substantive | adverb |

In grammar terms the difference between substantive and adverb

is that substantive is a word that names a person, place, thing or idea; a noun (sensu stricto while adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.

As an adjective substantive

is of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".

substantive

English

(wikipedia substantive)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information".
  • * 2012 , The Economist, 06 Oct 2012 issue; [http://www.economist.com/node/21564222 The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game]
    • In one sense the first debate achieved the worst of all worlds: it managed to be technical, even dull, without being substantive or especially honest.
  • Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
  • * Hazlitt
    • Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner.
  • (legal) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law".
  • (chemistry) Of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
  • Depending on itself; independent.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner.

    Synonyms

    * (of the essential element) essential, in essence * (having substance) meaty, substantial

    Antonyms

    * (having substance) superficial * (legal) adjective, procedural * verbal * (of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant) adjective

    Derived terms

    * substantive law

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A word that names a person, place, thing or idea; a noun (sensu stricto)

    • Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation used in lexicography and grammar)

    Synonyms

    * noun (sensu stricto)

    Derived terms

    * substantivise/substantivize * substantival (substantivally)

    adverb

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • ‘Fortunately your papa appreciates it; he appreciates it immensely ’—that was one of the things Miss Overmore also said, with a striking insistence on the adverb .
  • * (modifying a verb'') ''I often went outside hiking during my stay in Japan.
  • * (modifying an adjective'') ''It was often cold outside.
  • * (modifying another adverb'') ''Not often .

    • Usage notes

    * Adverbs comprise a fundamental category of words in most languages. In English, adverbs are typically formed from adjectives by appending (-ly) and are used to modify verbs, verb phrases, adjectives, other adverbs, and entire sentences, but not nouns or noun phrases.

    Derived terms

    * adverbial * adverbially * conjunctive adverb * pronominal adverb

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    Noun

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