additive vs addition

addition vs additive

additive and addition both are nouns.

additive is an adjective but addition is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
additive	Yes	Yes	No	No
addition	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, addition is a hypernym of additive; that is, addition is a word with a broader meaning than additive:

additive: something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
addition: a component that is added to something to improve it

Other hypernyms of additive include add-on, improver.

additive (noun)	addition (noun)
something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine	the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
	the act of adding one thing to another
	a component that is added to something to improve it
	a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
	something added to what you already have
	a quantity that is added

additive (adjective)	addition (adjective)
characterized or produced by addition
designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

Difference between additive and addition

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