Adjective vs. Dependent — What's the Difference?

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.

Contingent on or determined by

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.

Requiring someone or something for financial or other support

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

(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word

Adjectival

Variant spelling of dependant

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

Determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.

Not standing alone; derivative or dependent.

(Grammar) Subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word.

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

Relying on or requiring the aid or support of another

(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.

Needing to continue use of a drug or other substance or engagement in a specific activity in order to avoid experiencing withdrawal symptoms

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

(Archaic) Hanging down.

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

Also de·pen·dant One who relies on another, especially for financial support.

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

Relying upon; depending upon.

Incapable of independent function.

(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

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

Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.

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

(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

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

Hanging down.

Not standing by itself; dependent.

(US) One who relies on another for support

Relating to procedure.

(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

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.

(grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.

A dependent; an accessory.

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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

Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; - often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent.

A word that expresses an attribute of something

Conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.

The word class that qualifies nouns

Addicted to drugs.

Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;

One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.

Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure;

That which depends; corollary; consequence.

A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Not independent;

Contingent on something else

Of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;

Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others;

Addicted to a drug