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Vetitive vs Venitive - What's the difference?

vetitive | venitive |

As adjectives the difference between vetitive and venitive

is that vetitive is (grammar) expressing a wish that something will not happen, as in "may we never experience such hardship" while venitive is indicating motion to or toward a thing.

As nouns the difference between vetitive and venitive

is that vetitive is (grammar) an element of language expressing a wish that something will not happen while venitive is (linguistics) a grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion to or toward a thing; or, the indication so provided.

vetitive

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (grammar) Expressing a wish that something will not happen, as in "May we never experience such hardship".

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element of language expressing a wish that something will not happen.

    • venitive

    English

    (Andative and venitive)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Indicating motion to or toward a thing.
  • * 2007 , Loretta O’Connor, Motion, Transfer and Transformation: The grammar of change in Lowland Chontal , John Benjamins Publishing Company, ISBN 978-90-272-3106-2, page 131:
    • The venitive suffix associates an event of ‘motion to or toward’ to the main verb.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A grammatical word, particle, or inflection that indicates motion to or toward a thing; or, the indication so provided.
  • * 1994 , Joan L. Bybee, Revere Dale Perkins, and William Pagliuca, The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world , University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226086651, pages 11–12: