Negative vs. Passive

Negative vs. Passive — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Negative and Passive

Negativeadjective

Not positive or neutral.

Passiveadjective

Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

Negativeadjective

(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

Passiveadjective

Taking no action.

He remained passive during the protest.

Negativeadjective

(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero

Passiveadjective

(grammar) Being in the passive voice.

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Negativeadjective

Denying a proposition.

Passiveadjective

(psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.

Negativeadjective

Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

Passiveadjective

(finance) Not participating in management.

Negativeadjective

Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

Passiveadjective

(aviation) Without motive power.

a passive balloon; a passive aeroplane; passive flight, such as gliding and soaring
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Negativeadjective

Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

Passivenoun

The passive voice of verbs.

Negativeadjective

(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

The nitro group is negative.

Passivenoun

A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

Negativeadjective

Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

Passivenoun

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb;

`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive

Negativeadjective

Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

Passiveadjective

lacking in energy or will;

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself

Negativenoun

Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

Passiveadjective

peacefully resistant in response to injustice;

passive resistance

Negativenoun

(law) A right of veto.

Passiveadjective

expressing thatthe subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb;

academics seem to favor passive sentences

Negativenoun

(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

Negativenoun

(grammar) A word that indicates negation.

Negativenoun

(mathematics) A negative quantity.

Negativenoun

(weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

Negativenoun

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To refuse; to veto.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To contradict.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To disprove.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize.

Negativeinterjection

An elaborate synonym for no.

Negativenoun

a reply of denial;

he answered in the negative

Negativenoun

a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed

Negativeverb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;

The President vetoed the bill

Negativeadjective

characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features;

a negative outlook on lifea colorless negative personalitya negative evaluationa negative reaction to an advertising campaigna positive attitudethe reviews were all positivea positive benefita positive demand

Negativeadjective

reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

Negativeadjective

having a negative electric charge;

electrons are negativeprotons are positive

Negativeadjective

expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

Negativeadjective

having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant;

ran a negative campaigndelinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life

Negativeadjective

not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;

the HIV test was negative

Negativeadjective

less than zero;

a negative number

Negativeadjective

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions;

negative criticism

Negativeadjective

involving disadvantage or harm;

minus (or negative) factors