Welcome to another astounding episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Here is the the next entry in our series of words which are frequently confused due to their similarity. And the Words of the Week are:
Punitive: inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment
"punitive", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punitive , 11/18/2010
Putative:
1. commonly accepted or supposed
2. assumed to exist or to have existed
"putative", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putative?show=0&t=1290114895 , 11/18/2010
Example: Gregory's putative status as an uber-geek, due in large part to his choice of clothing and coke bottle glasses, resulted in many punitive encounters with the captain of the football team.
2. assumed to exist or to have existed
"putative", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/putative?show=0&t=1290114895 , 11/18/2010
Example: Gregory's putative status as an uber-geek, due in large part to his choice of clothing and coke bottle glasses, resulted in many punitive encounters with the captain of the football team.
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