different between vomitive vs volitive

English

Etymology

From Late Latin vomitivus

Adjective

vomitive (comparative more vomitive, superlative most vomitive)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) Inducing vomiting

Synonyms

• emetic
• vomitory

Translations

Noun

vomitive (plural vomitives)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) Something that induces vomiting

Synonyms

• emetic
• vomitory

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.mi.tiv/

Adjective

vomitive

1. feminine singular of vomitif

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin volitivus (from volo (“want”) + -ivus), a Scholastic translation of the Ancient Greek ????????? (thel?tikós), from ??????? (thél?sis, “a will, a willing”)

Adjective

volitive (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining the will or volition.
2. (grammar, of a verb) In the volitive; expressing a wish.

Derived terms

• volitivity

Noun

volitive (countable and uncountable, plural volitives)

1. (uncountable, linguistics) A verb form found in certain languages which indicates that a certain action is willed, although it may not be performed in fact.
2. (linguistics) A specific volitive form of a verb.

See also

• mode
• desiderative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vo.li?ti.ve/

Adjective

volitive

1. feminine plural of volitivo

Anagrams

• evolviti