Characteristic and Explicative

Characteristic adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.

Explicative and characteristic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explicative" instead an adjective "Characteristic".

Nearby Words: character, characterize, characteristically, characterization, characterized

Explicative adjective - Serving to explain.

Characteristic and explicative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Characteristic" instead an adjective "Explicative".

Nearby Words: explicate, explication, explicated, explicable, explicatory