adjective vs positive

positive vs adjective

adjective and positive both are nouns.

adjective and positive both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
adjective	Yes	Yes	No	No
positive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, positive is a hyponym of adjective; that is, positive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than adjective:

adjective: a word that expresses an attribute of something
positive: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

Other hyponyms of adjective include descriptive adjective, qualifying adjective, classifying adjective, relational adjective, positive degree, comparative, comparative degree, superlative, superlative degree.

adjective (noun)	positive (noun)
a word that expresses an attribute of something	a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
the word class that qualifies nouns	the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

adjective (adjective)	positive (adjective)
relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law	characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
of or relating to or functioning as an adjective	indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
	reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
	of or relating to positivism
	involving advantage or good
	persuaded of; very sure
	having a positive charge
	marked by excessive confidence
	formally laid down or imposed
	greater than zero
	impossible to deny or disprove

Difference between adjective and positive

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