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Supportive vs Reinforcement - What's the difference?

supportive | reinforcement |

As an adjective supportive

is providing support.

As a noun reinforcement is

the act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.

supportive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Providing support.
    • I had a very supportive coach who helped me.

    Antonyms

    * unsupportive

    reinforcement

    English

    Alternative forms

    * re-enforcement, reenforcement,

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
  • (countable) A thing that reinforces.
  • (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
  • The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

    • Derived terms

    * negative reinforcement * positive reinforcement * primary reinforcement

    See also

    * punishment * operant conditioning * classical conditioning