operative vs foot

foot vs operative

operative and foot both are nouns.

operative is an adjective but foot is not an adjective.

operative is not a verb while foot is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
operative	Yes	Yes	No	No
foot	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

operative: a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
foot: a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

Other hyponyms of operative include agent-in-place, agent provocateur, provocateur, bridge agent, case officer, codetalker, windtalker, NOC, spy, undercover agent, walk-in.

operative (noun)	foot (noun)
someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations	travel by walking
a person secretly employed in espionage for a government	any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates
	the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings
	lowest support of a structure
	a support resembling a pedal extremity
	the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
	(prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
	an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
	the lower part of anything
	a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
	a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard

operative (adjective)	foot (adjective)
being in force or having or exerting force
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
effective; producing a desired effect

operative (verb)	foot (verb)
	add a column of numbers
	walk
	pay for something

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