different between applicative vs functional

English

Etymology

From applicate.

Adjective

applicative (comparative more applicative, superlative most applicative)

1. Having practical application; applicable.
2. (computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
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Translations

Noun

applicative (plural applicatives)

1. (grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
   • 2010, Kaoru Kiyosawa, Donna Gerdts, Salish Applicatives (page 370)

     It remains a puzzle why some languages allow multiple applicatives while others prohibit them. In Salish, examples of multiple applicatives are attested in Columbian, Lushootseed, Tillamook, and the three Northern Interior languages.

French

Adjective

applicative

1. feminine singular of applicatif

Italian

Adjective

applicative

1. feminine plural of applicativo

Anagrams

• applicatevi

English

Etymology

function +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??k(t)??n?l/, /?f??k(t)?n?l/

Adjective

functional (comparative more functional, superlative most functional)

1. In good working order.
2. Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function

   That sculpture is not merely artistic, but also functional: it can be used as a hatrack.

3. Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture

   A functional construction element generally must meet higher technical but lower aesthetical requirements

4. (computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
   • Antonym: imperative
5. (medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.

Synonyms

• functioning, working
• utilitarian

Antonyms

• dysfunctional
• non-functional, nonfunctional, unfunctional
• (medicine: not referrable to a change of structure): organic

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

functional (plural functionals)

1. (mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function ${\displaystyle y=f(x)}$ whose argument ${\displaystyle x}$ varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
2. (mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
3. (computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).

Derived terms

• functional analysis
• functional analysis diagram
• linear functional

Translations

References

• functional on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• functional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• functional in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• functional at OneLook Dictionary Search