positive-degree adverb vs positive

positive vs positive-degree adverb

positive-degree adverb and positive both are nouns.

positive-degree adverb is not an adjective while positive is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
positive-degree adverb	Yes	No	No	No
positive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, positive is a hypernym of positive-degree adverb; that is, positive is a word with a broader meaning than positive-degree adverb:

positive-degree adverb: That state of an adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution.
positive: the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

Other hypernyms of positive-degree adverb include positive degree.

positive-degree adverb (noun)	positive (noun)
That state of an adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution.	a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
	the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

positive-degree adverb (adjective)	positive (adjective)
	characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
	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 positive-degree adverb and positive

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