different between degenerative vs generative

English

Etymology

degenerate +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??d??n(?)??t?v/

Adjective

degenerative (comparative more degenerative, superlative most degenerative)

1. Characterized by or causing degeneration.

Related terms

• degenerate

Translations

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

degenerative

1. inflection of degenerativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Interlingua

Adjective

degenerative (not comparable)

1. degenerative

Italian

Adjective

degenerative

1. feminine plural of degenerativo

English

Etymology

From Middle English generatyve, generatyf, generatif. Compare French génératif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??n???t?v/, /?d??n??t?v/, /d???n???t?v/

Adjective

generative (comparative more generative, superlative most generative)

1. Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.

   • That generative particle.

   • Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other.

Synonyms

• creative

Antonyms

• annihilative

Related terms

• degenerative

Translations

German

Adjective

generative

1. inflection of generativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

generative

1. feminine plural of generativo

Anagrams

• generatevi