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AH020387 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Substantive VS Substantial

Are substantive and substantial identical in meaning?
  

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AH020387 substantial It means of considerable size or importance. AH020387 substantive Some thing which is also important, but at the same time is very much meaningful and considerable. Prajwal

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  • AH020387 substantial It means of considerable size or importance.
  • AH020387 substantive Some thing which is also important, but at the same time is very much meaningful and considerable.
  • Prajwal
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AH020387substantial
It means of considerable size or importance.
AH020387substantive
Some thing which is also important, but at the same time is very much meaningful and considerable.

Prajwal
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Yes but substantive also has the meaning of "large (in size or quantity)" correct?
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AH020387Yes but substantive also has the meaning of "large (in size or quantity)" correct?
It does have some substance in it. It is many a time considered a synonym for substantial.

Prajwal
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