script vs cursive

cursive vs script

script and cursive both are nouns.

script is not an adjective while cursive is an adjective.

script is a verb but cursive is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
script	Yes	No	Yes	No
cursive	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

script: something written by hand
cursive: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper

Other hyponyms of script include shorthand, stenography, tachygraphy, cursive script, longhand, running hand, calligraphy, chirography, penmanship, cacography, scratch, scrawl, scribble.

script (noun)	cursive (noun)
a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance	rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
a particular orthography or writing system
something written by hand

script (adjective)	cursive (adjective)
	having successive letters joined together

script (verb)	cursive (verb)
write a script for

Difference between script and cursive

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