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Suggestive vs Expressive - What's the difference?

suggestive | expressive | Related terms |

Suggestive is a related term of expressive.


As adjectives the difference between suggestive and expressive

is that suggestive is tending to suggest or imply while expressive is effectively conveying thought or feeling.

suggestive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to suggest or imply.
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    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • Suggesting romance, sex, etc.

    • expressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

    • Antonyms

    * inexpressive * unexpressive

    Derived terms

    * expressiveness

    Related terms

    * expressivity

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