different between comforter vs curative

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman confortour, from Old French conforter. See comfort.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mf?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?mf??t??/

Noun

comforter (plural comforters)

1. A person who comforts someone who is suffering.

   Synonym: consoler
2. (US) A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt.

   Synonyms: duvet, (continental) quilt
3. (dated, chiefly Britain) A woollen scarf for winter.
   • 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter 29,^[1]

     […] round his neck he wore a flaming red worsted comforter, whereof the straggling ends peeped out beneath his threadbare Newmarket coat, which was very tight and buttoned all the way up.

   • 1881, Felix L. Oswald, “Physical Education,” Popular Science Monthly June, 1881, p. 148,^[2]

     The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight.
4. (Britain, New Zealand, Australia) A pacifier.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pacifier

Translations

Anagrams

• recomfort

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kj??.?.t?v/

Etymology 1

From Middle French curatif.

Adjective

curative (comparative more curative, superlative most curative)

1. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

   The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.

Translations

See also

• therapeutic
• remedial

Noun

curative (plural curatives)

1. A substance that acts as a cure.

Etymology 2

Adjective

curative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"

Usage notes

• Curative verbs are common in Uralic languages.

Hypernyms

• causative

Translations

Further reading

• 2011 article by Geda Paulsen in Linguistica Uralica, available online in The Free Library [1]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.?a.tiv/

Adjective

curative

1. feminine singular of curatif

Italian

Adjective

curative

1. feminine plural of curativo

Anagrams

• curatevi, curviate, ricevuta