Creativity vs. Initiative

Creativity vs. Initiative — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Creativity and Initiative

Creativitynoun

The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product that is useful to society.

His creativity is unsurpassed by his fellow students in the art class.

Initiativeadjective

Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

Creativitynoun

the ability to create

Initiativeadjective

In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.

Initiativenoun

A beginning; a first move.

Initiativenoun

A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.

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Initiativenoun

The ability to act first or on one's own.

Initiativenoun

An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.

Initiativenoun

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Initiativenoun

the first of a series of actions;

he memorized all the important chess openings

Initiativeadjective

serving to set in motion;

the magazine's inaugural issuethe initiative phase in the negotiationsan initiatory step toward a treatyhis first (or maiden) speech in Congressthe liner's maiden voyage