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Nominal vs Adjective - What's the difference?

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In grammar|lang=en terms the difference between nominal and adjective

is that nominal is (grammar) a part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives while adjective is (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.

As adjectives the difference between nominal and adjective

is that nominal is of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names while adjective is (obsolete) incapable of independent function.

As nouns the difference between nominal and adjective

is that nominal is (grammar) a noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase while adjective is (grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.

As a verb adjective is

to make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.

nominal

English

(wikipedia nominal)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
  • Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
  • Existing in name only.
    • a nominal difference
  • * (rfdate)
    • Nominal attendance on lectures.
  • (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
  • (senseid) Insignificantly small; trifling.
    • He gave me only a nominal sum for my services.
  • Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
    • The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
  • (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
  • (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
  • (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
    • This sentence contains a nominal phrase.
  • (engineering) According to plan or design; normal.
    • We'll just do a nominal flight check.
    Apart from the slightly high temperature, all the readings from the spacecraft are nominal .
  • (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation; contrasted with real.
    • My employer does not understand how low my nominal wage is.
    The nominal GNP of this country is pretty low.
  • * 1991 , Richard J. Gilbert, Regulatory Choices: A Perspective on Developments in Energy Policy , page 267,
    • Comparisons of the costs of the Diablo Canyon plant with other nuclear power plants can be misleading because the available cost data are in nominal dollars and therefore include the toll of inflation over the construction periods.
  • * 2001 , Erich A. Helfert, Financial Analysis: Tools and Techniques: A Guide for Managers , page 467,
    • This simple process allows us to convert nominal dollars into inflation-adjusted real dollars.
  • (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.

    • Antonyms

    * (economics) real

    Derived terms

    * denominal * nominalness * nominally

    Related terms

    * denominate * denomination * denominator * nomenclature * nominalism * nominalist * nominality * nominate * nomination * nominative * nominator

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as a noun phrase.
    • This sentence contains two nominals .
  • (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives.

    • Hyponyms

    * noun * pronoun

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    Anagrams

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    adjective

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Incapable of independent function.
  • * 1899 , , Emerson and Other Essays , AMS Press (1969) (as [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13088 reproduced] in Project Gutenberg)
    • In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.
  • (grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
  • (legal) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
  • * Macaulay
    • The whole English law, substantive and adjective .
  • (chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.

    • Synonyms

    * (incapable of independent function) dependent, derivative * (functioning as an adjective) adjectival * (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) procedural

    Antonyms

    * (applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) substantive * (of a dye that needs the use of a mordant) substantive

    Derived terms

    * adjectival * adjective clause * adjective phrase * adjective patterns * proper adjective * common adjective

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia adjective)
  • (grammar) A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent.
    • The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives .
  • (obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
    • (Fuller)

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (adjectiv)
  • To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
  • * Tooke
    • Language has as much occasion to adjective' the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has ' adjectived all three.
  • * 1832 , William Hunter, An Anglo-Saxon grammar, and derivatives (page 46)
    • In English, instead of adjectiving' our own substantives, we have borrowed, in immense numbers, ' adjectived signs from other languages