different between explicit vs speculative
explicit
English
Etymology
First attested 1609, from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled", "easy”), an alternative form of the past participle of explic?re (“to unfold”), from ex- (“out”) + plic? (“to fold”). Pornographic sense is from 1971.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?spl?s?t/ enPR: ?k-spl?s??t
- Rhymes: -?s?t
Adjective
explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)
- Very specific, clear, or detailed.
- I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
- (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.
- The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.
Synonyms
- (very specific, clear): express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit
- (containing offensive material): raunchy
Antonyms
- (very specific, clear): implicit, unexplicit, vague
- (containing offensive material): circumspect
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Phrase
explicit
- (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
Further reading
- explicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- explicit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Alternative forms
- (proscribed) excipit
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicit (“to unfold”).
Noun
explicit m (plural explicits)
- end (of a story)
Antonyms
- incipit
References
- “explicit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin explicit.
Noun
explicit m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)
- end (of a story)
Synonyms
- finit
Romanian
Etymology
From French explicite, from Latin explicitus.
Adjective
explicit m or n (feminine singular explicit?, masculine plural explici?i, feminine and neuter plural explicite)
- explicit
Declension
Swedish
Adjective
explicit
- explicit
Adverb
explicit
- explicitly
explicit From the web:
speculative
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French speculatif or directly from Late Latin speculativus, from Latin speculor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kjul??t?v/
- Hyphenation: spec?u?la?tive
Adjective
speculative (comparative more speculative, superlative most speculative)
- Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
- "Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came […] and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
- Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
- 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[1]
- Little seemed on when Sánchez cut in from the left and sent a speculative low shot through a crowd of players, but though Federici had it covered he could not hold on to the ball and it squirmed over the line through his legs.
- 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)[1]
- Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.
Derived terms
- speculative damages
- speculative fiction
- speculatively
- speculativeness
- speculative philosophy
- speculative realism
Related terms
- speculate
- speculation
- speculativity
Translations
See also
- conjectural
Italian
Adjective
speculative
- feminine plural of speculativo
Latin
Adjective
specul?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of specul?t?vus
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