Abjective vs. Adjective — What's the Difference?

Tending to make abject.

In linguistics, an adjective (abbreviated adj) is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun.

The part of speech that modifies a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as -able, -ous, -er, and -est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase.

Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, such as white in the phrase a white house.

Adjectival

(Law) Specifying the processes by which rights are enforced, as opposed to the establishing of such rights; remedial

Not standing alone; derivative or dependent.

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.

(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.

(legal) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.

Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.

Incapable of independent function.

(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.

To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.

Not standing by itself; dependent.

Relating to procedure.

A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

A dependent; an accessory.

To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.

A word that expresses an attribute of something

The word class that qualifies nouns

Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;

Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure;