Suggestion vs Directive - What's the difference?
suggestion | directive |
(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
(uncountable) The act of suggesting.
(countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
(European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the Member States. The directive binds the Member State to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
The directive case.
that directs
serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
(grammar) relating to the directive case
As nouns the difference between suggestion and directive
is that suggestion is (countable) something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for ) while directive is an instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.As an adjective directive is
that directs.suggestion
English
(wikipedia suggestion)Noun
- I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
- Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.