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Difficult Words:
Qualitative and Qualify
Difficult Words : Qualitative and Qualify
Qualify (KWOL uh FYE) v: to modify or restrict
• You already know the primary meaning of qualify. Here's another meaning.
• Susan qualified her praise of Judith by saying that her kind words applied only to Judith's skillful cooking and not to her abhorrent personality. Judith was upset by Susan's qualification.
• The library trustees rated their fund-raiser a qualified success. Many more people than expected had come, but virtually no money had been raised.
• An unqualified success is a complete, unrestricted success.
Qualitative (KWOL i TAY tiv) adj: having to do with the quality or qualities of something (as opposed to the quantity)
• If a school achieves a qualitative improvement in attendance, it means that the school is being attended by better students.
• If the school achieves a quantitative improvement, it means the school is being attended by more students.
• The difference between the two restaurants was quantitative rather than qualitative. Both served the same dreadful food, but the second restaurant served more of it.
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