Innovative vs. Novel

Innovative vs. Novel — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Innovative and Novel

Innovativeadjective

Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.

Noveladjective

new, original, especially in an interesting way

Innovativeadjective

Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking.

Novelnoun

(obsolete) A novelty; something new.

Innovativeadjective

ahead of the times;

the advanced teaching methodshad advanced views on the subjecta forward-looking corporationis British industry innovative enough?

Novelnoun

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

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Innovativeadjective

being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before;

stylistically innovative worksinnovative members of the artistic communitya mind so innovational, so original

Novelnoun

(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.

Novelnoun

A new legal constitution in ancient Rome.

Novelnoun

a extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

Novelnoun

a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction;

his bookcases were filled with nothing but novelshe burned all the novels

Noveladjective

of a kind not seen before;

the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
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Noveladjective

pleasantly novel or different;

common sense of a most refreshing sort