rational vs rationale
Definitions
adjective
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- consistent with or based on or using reason
- capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
- having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)
noun
- an integer or a fraction
Examples
As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
You just can't let a little thing like his being already dead get in the way of a good, irrational hatful desire to kill!
`Cosy streets "doesn't have the same inspirational ring, somehow.
Definitions
noun
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
Examples
The literature on rationale effects provided a good deal of support for the general position that undesirable behaviors can often be suppressed without resorting to punishment.
The criticisms of the law, and the absence of any satisfactory rationale justifies this course.
Superficially, the rationale of the style would seem to be its conjuncture of sensitivity and showmanship.
