different between preventive vs restorative

English

Alternative forms

• preventative

Etymology

prevent +? -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???v?nt?v/

Adjective

preventive (comparative more preventive, superlative most preventive)

1. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
2. Carried out to deter military aggression.
3. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
4. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
   • 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe

     Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.

Translations

Noun

preventive (plural preventives)

1. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
2. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
3. A contraceptive, especially a condom.

Usage notes

• Many speakers prefer to use preventive in adjective senses and preventative in noun senses.^[1]

Italian

Adjective

preventive

1. feminine plural of preventivo

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st???t?v/
• Hyphenation: re?stora?tive

Adjective

restorative

1. Serving to restore.

   After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.

Translations

Noun

restorative (plural restoratives)

1. Something with restoring properties.
2. (euphemistic) An alcoholic drink, especially with tonic.

References

• OED2

Anagrams

• arse over tit