adjectival vs adjective

adjectival

adj
  • Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective. 

  • Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof. 

noun
  • An adjectival phrase or clause. 

adjective

adj
  • Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective. 

  • Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed. 

  • Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. 

noun
  • A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent. 

verb
  • To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective. 

  • To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective. 

How often have the words adjectival and adjective occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )