Substantial vs. Substantive — What's the Difference?

Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent

Substantial; considerable.

Solidly built; strong

Independent in existence or function; not subordinate.

Ample; sustaining

Not imaginary; actual; real.

Possessing wealth or property; well-to-do.

Of or relating to the essence or substance; essential

Of, relating to, or having substance; material.

Having a solid basis; firm.

True or real; not imaginary.

(Grammar) Expressing or designating existence; for example, the verb to be.

Achieving the goal of justice itself, not merely the procedure or form that is a means to justice

(Grammar) Designating a noun or noun equivalent.

Having a substance; actually existing.

A word or group of words functioning as a noun.

Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.

Of the essence or essential element of a thing.

Corporeal; material; firm.

(by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.

Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.

(law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.

Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.

(chemistry) of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed

Most important; essential.

Depending on itself; independent.

Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.

(grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.

Anything having substance; an essential part.

Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment

Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.

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Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.

Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.

Corporeal; material; firm.

To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.

Depending on itself; independent.

Fairly large;

Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.

Being the essence or essential element of a thing;

Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.

Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary;

A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.

Providing abundant nourishment;

To substantivize.

Of good quality and condition; solidly built;

A noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun

Being the essence or essential element of a thing;

Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right;

Having substance and prompting thought;