defective & defect

China
December 24, 2012 5:38am CST
Defective and defect all can be use as a noum, but what the difference ?
3 responses
Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
24 Dec 12
"Defective" is an adjective. "Defect" may either be a noun (with the accent on the first syllable - defect) or a verb (with the accent on the second syllable - defect). 1) "There was a defect in the metal which caused the plane to crash. The metal in the wing was defective." 2) "The English spy decided to change sides so he defected to Russia."
Just an Ordinary Owl?
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
24 Dec 12
Some adjectives may occasionally be used as nouns in such circumstances as "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.", where "meek" is really an adjective describing a missing noun - "people". "Defective" might be used in the same way to describe 'defective [things]', especially, for example, when contrasting two things - 'The defective [things] and the perfect [things]'.
DoctorDidi
@DoctorDidi (7018)
• India
24 Dec 12
Both of them are not nouns. 'Defective' is an adjective while 'defect' is a noun.
cluelle
@cluelle (132)
• Canada
24 Dec 12
A defect would be the specific imperfection, To be defective means to that something possesses a flaw or flaws, unspecified.