Difference between Constitutive and Constituent

What is the difference between Constitutive and Constituent?

Constitutive as an adjective is having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something while Constituent as an adjective is being a part, or component of a whole

Constitutive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something having the power or authority to appoint someone to office that makes something what it is; essential that forms a constituent part of something else ,(of an enzyme) that is continuously produced at a constant rate

Constituent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: being a part, or component of a wholeauthorized to make a constitution

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a part, or component of a wholea resident of a place represented by an elected officiala functional element of a phrase or clause

We hope you now know whether to use Constitutive or Constituent in your sentence.

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