Determinator vs. Determiner — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Determinator and Determiner
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Determinator
A determining factor.
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Determiner
A determiner, also called determinative (abbreviated DET), is a word, phrase, or affix that occurs together with a noun or noun phrase and serves to express the reference of that noun or noun phrase in the context. That is, a determiner may indicate whether the noun is referring to a definite or indefinite element of a class, to a closer or more distant element, to an element belonging to a specified person or thing, to a particular number or quantity, etc.
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Determinator
(obsolete) One who determines.
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Determiner
One that determines.
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Determinator
One who determines.
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Determiner
(Grammar) A word belonging to a group of noun modifiers, which includes articles, demonstratives, possessive adjectives, and words such as any, both, or whose, and, in English, occupying the first position in a noun phrase or following another determiner.
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Determiner
(grammar) A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
Definite articles and indefinite articles are types of determiners.
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Determiner
(grammar) A dependent function in a noun phrase marking the NP as definite or indefinite. This function is usually filled by words in the determinative class but may be filled by other elements such as a genitive pronoun.
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Determiner
Something (some input factor, a nonsentient agent) that determines, or helps someone to determine, something else.
In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
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Determiner
Someone (a sentient agent) who determines; a decider of a disposition.
He is the determiner [usually referring to God (in theological contexts) and job roles (in administrative contexts)]
Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]
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Determiner
One who, or that which, determines or decides.
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Determiner
An argument that is conclusive
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Determiner
One of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
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Determiner
A determining or causal element or factor;
Education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life
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