Divisive vs. Derisive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Divisive and Derisive
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Divisive
Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people
The highly divisive issue of abortion
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Derisive
Mocking; jeering.
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Divisive
Creating dissension or discord.
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Derisive
Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
The critic's review of the film was derisive.
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Divisive
Having a quality that divides or separates.
Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive.
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Derisive
Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.
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Divisive
Indicating division or distribution.
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Derisive
(rare) A derisive remark.
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Divisive
Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity.
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Derisive
Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision.
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Divisive
Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
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Derisive
Abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
Derisive laughter
A jeering crowd
Her mocking smile
Taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'
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