Inventive vs. Creative

Inventive vs. Creative — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Inventive and Creative

Inventiveadjective

Of, or relating to invention.

Creativeadjective

Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

a creative dramatist who avoids cliche

Inventiveadjective

Creative, or skilful at inventing.

Creativeadjective

(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.

a creative new solution to an old problem

Inventiveadjective

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action;

an imaginative use of materialthe invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergymanan ingenious devicehad an inventive turn of mindinventive ceramics

Creativeadjective

(set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

a creative set
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Creativeadjective

Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.

creative accounting

Creativenoun

(countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.

He is a visionary creative.

Creativenoun

(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.I've included in my portfolio all the creative I've completed in my five year design career.

Creativeadjective

having the ability or power to create;

a creative imagination

Creativeadjective

promoting construction or creation;

creative work

Creativeadjective

having the power to bring into being

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