The difference between Certain and Positive
When used as nouns, certain means something certain, whereas positive means a thing capable of being affirmed.
When used as adjectives, certain means sure, positive, not doubting, whereas positive means not negative or neutral.
Certain is also determiner with the meaning: having been determined but not specified.
Certain is also pronoun with the meaning: unnamed or undescribed members (of).
check bellow for the other definitions of Certain and Positive
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Certain as an adjective:
Sure, positive, not doubting.
Examples:
"I was certain of my decision."
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Certain as an adjective (obsolete):
Determined; resolved.
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Certain as an adjective:
Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
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Certain as an adjective:
Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
Examples:
"Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending."
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Certain as an adjective:
Unfailing; infallible.
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Certain as an adjective:
Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
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Certain as an adjective:
Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".
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Certain as a pronoun (with ''of''):
Unnamed or undescribed members (of).
Examples:
"There where serious objections to certain of the proposals."
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Certain as a noun (with "the"):
Something certain.
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Positive as an adjective:
Not negative or neutral.
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Positive as an adjective (legal):
Formally laid down.
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Positive as an adjective:
Stated definitively and without qualification.
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Positive as an adjective:
Fully assured in opinion.
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Positive as an adjective (mathematics):
Of number, greater than zero.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
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Positive as an adjective:
Overconfident, dogmatic.
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Positive as an adjective (chiefly, philosophy):
Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
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Positive as an adjective (physics):
Having more protons than electrons.
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Positive as an adjective (grammar):
Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
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Positive as an adjective:
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
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Positive as an adjective:
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
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Positive as an adjective (photography):
Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
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Positive as an adjective:
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
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Positive as an adjective:
Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
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Positive as an adjective:
Optimistic.
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Positive as an adjective (chemistry):
electropositive
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Positive as an adjective (chemistry):
basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
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Positive as an adjective (slang):
HIV positive.
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Positive as an adjective ([[New Age]] [[jargon]]):
Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
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Positive as a noun:
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Examples:
"rfquotek South"
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Positive as a noun:
A favourable point or characteristic.
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Positive as a noun:
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
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Positive as a noun (grammar):
A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
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Positive as a noun (grammar):
An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
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Positive as a noun (photography):
A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
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Positive as a noun:
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
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Positive as a noun:
A positive result of a test.