Definitive vs Decided - What's the difference?
definitive | decided | Synonyms |
explicitly defined
conclusive or decisive
definite, authoritative and complete
* Sir Thomas Browne
* Prescott
Limiting; determining.
(philately) general, not issued for commemorative purposes
(obsolete) Determined; resolved.
* 1604 , , V. i. 424:
(grammar) a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something
(philately) an ordinary postage stamp that is part of a series of all denominations or is reprinted as needed to meet demand
As adjectives the difference between definitive and decided
is that definitive is explicitly defined while decided is determined; resolute.As a noun definitive
is a word, such as a definite article or demonstrative pronoun, that defines or limits something.As a verb decided is
past tense of decide.definitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A strict and definitive truth.
- Some definitive scheme of reconciliation.
- a definitive word
- Never crave him. We are definitive .