Directive and Judgment

Directive

Directive noun - An order publicly issued by an authority.
Usage example: a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish

Judgment and directive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Judgment" instead a noun "Directive".

Judgment

Judgment noun - A position arrived at after consideration.
Usage example: built her fortune by making intelligent judgments about the performance of stocks

Directive and judgment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directive" instead a noun "Judgment".

Both words in one sentence

  • In an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise, Archer imagines that maybe some day, there'll be some kind of rule or directive to save captains from having to make such judgment calls.
  • '90s Anti-Hero The Terminator: More specifically the one from 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day who is a Muscle bound, Leather clad cyborg with no hesitation against destroying anyone who got in the way of his directive until he was ordered by John Connor not to kill anyone.
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