different between factive vs factitive

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækt?v

Etymology 1

fact +? -ive

Adjective

factive (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.

   You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese.

2. (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

Noun

factive (plural factives)

1. (grammar) A factive verb.

Etymology 2

Latin facere (“to make”).

Adjective

factive (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Making.

English

Adjective

factitive (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, of a verb) Taking a complement that expresses a result along with a direct object, or inherently implying a complement; or synonymous with causative.

   to make someone be something

   enslave: to make someone a slave

2. (linguistics, rare, of a verb) Factive.

References

• “factitive, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, April 2016

French

Adjective

factitive

1. feminine singular of factitif