different between preceptive vs perceptive

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precept +? -ive

preceptive (comparative more preceptive, superlative most preceptive)

(law) Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts
- 1677: John Owen, The Doctrine of Justification by Faith
  If it was necessary, that Christ as our surety should suffer the penalty of the law in our stead, because we have sinned; then it was also necessary that as our Surety, he should yield obedience to the preceptive part of the law also;
instructive; didactic
- 1810: John Quincy Adams, Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory
  It is altogether preceptive, barely containing the rules, without illustration from example. It is a system of rhetoric in the abstract.

perceptive (comparative more perceptive, superlative most perceptive)

Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.

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