Difference between Decisive and Determining

DECISIVE vs DETERMINING: NOUN

In medieval universities, the act of qualifying for a degree by keeping the act. See act, 5.

Characterized by decision and firmness
Unmistakable
Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
Settling a matter or conflict; conclusive:
Characterized by or showing the ability to make decisions quickly and firmly; resolute.
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Marked by promptness and decision.
Determining or having the power to determine an outcome

Fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property
Fix conclusively or authoritatively
Shape or influence; give direction to
After a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Decide upon or fix definitely
Settle conclusively; come to terms
Present participle of determine.

Having the power or quality of determining a question, doubt, contest, event, etc.; final; conclusive; putting an end to controversy: as, the opinion of the court is decisive on the question.
Marked by decision or prompt determination.

Having the power of fixing; directing, regulating, or controlling: as, determining influences or conditions.

Pivotal, Peremptory, Determinant, Determining, Fatal, Unhesitating, Conclusive, Determinative, Definite, Fateful, Important, Deciding, Critical, Resolute, Crucial

Pinpointing, Evaluate, Ascertain, Decide, Assess, Calculate, Evaluating, Calculating, Ascertaining, Assessing, Decisive, Crucial, Determinative, Determinant, Deciding

Forceful, Pivotal, Peremptory, Determinant, Fatal, Unhesitating, Conclusive, Determinative, Definite, Fateful, Important, Deciding, Critical, Resolute, Crucial

Identifying, Defining, Evaluate, Ascertain, Decide, Assess, Calculate, Evaluating, Calculating, Assessing, Decisive, Crucial, Determinative, Determinant, Deciding

This approach is unrivalled and has decisive advantages.
China by adopting a more decisive retaliatory policy.
MIRVs run free, but they were hardly decisive.
The crowning point, most important element, decisive factor.
Second, it should provide satisfying, decisive, psychological closure.
All are actions of a decisive decision maker.
The bargaining strength is not of decisive effect.
Your budget will be an important decisive factor.
Know how to be decisive and fail fast.
Doctrine identifies two similar operational design elements; the decisive condition and the decisive point.

Determining the BCSO can be a complicated process.
Date for determining whether issuer ceases to qualify.
AFE HARBOR FOR DETERMINING CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER.
General considerations and techniques for determining fixed fees.
Consult the support policy when determining which ASP.
The trustees are responsible for determining actuarial equivalence.
The leadership, Progressives, are determining what is discussed.
DETERMINING THE EXISTENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT Determining the existence of an international agreement is more challenging than one might think.
SPE, subject to determining whether the entity is a VIEand to determining who is the primary beneficiary.
This technique aims to construct a regression function from smooth additive functions of the determining variables, usually one for each determining variable.