Susceptible vs Determinative - What's the difference?
susceptible | determinative | Related terms |
likely to be affected by something
easily influenced or tricked; credulous
(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
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(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
* {{quote-book, 1983, , General Microbiology & Immunity, editors=Topley & Wilson
, passage=In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles , by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.}}
(linguistics) An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
(grammar) A word that typically functions as a determiner in a noun phrase; many also have other functions.determiner in Huddleston & Pullum, 2002. CUP.
Determining (gloss) something.
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Susceptible is a related term of determinative.
As adjectives the difference between susceptible and determinative
is that susceptible is likely to be affected by something while determinative is determining (gloss) something.As nouns the difference between susceptible and determinative
is that susceptible is (epidemiology) a person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease while determinative is (linguistics) an ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.susceptible
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
- The visitors were being pinned back by the end of the first half. Yet Gordon Strachan's side played with great conviction and always had a chance of springing a surprise when their opponents were so susceptible at the back.
Derived terms
* suscept * susceptibly * susceptibilityNoun
(en noun)citation
Coordinate terms
* immune * infective ----determinative
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* ("determinative" on Wikipedia)Adjective
(en adjective)- This proceeding, though not presenting questions difficult of determination, or points of law that are novel, is unusual in many of its features, and is important as determinative of the disposition and welfare of a number of little children, ignorant of the contest that is being carried on in regard to them.
- An entity does not automatically conclude that any observed transaction price is determinative of fair value.
