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Initiative vs Creativity - What's the difference?

initiative | creativity |

As nouns the difference between initiative and creativity

is that initiative is a beginning; a first move while creativity is the quality or ability to create or invent something.

As an adjective initiative

is serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

As a proper noun Creativity is

a minor nontheistic, ethnocentric religion based on racist beliefs.

initiative

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A beginning; a first move.
  • A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
  • The ability to act first or on one's own.
  • An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.

    • Synonyms

    * (issue to be voted on) direct initiative

    Derived terms

    * direct initiative

    Related terms

    * initial * initialism * initialization * initialize * initiate * initiation

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
  • In which voter s can be brought to the ballot.
  • * John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions , , ISBN 9780230604452, page 122 [http://books.google.com/books?id=J6swcucKdNIC&pg=PA122&dq=initiative]:
    • The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.

    Antonyms

    * noninitiative

    External links

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    creativity

    English

    Noun

  • The quality or ability to create or invent something.
    • His creativity is unsurpassed by his fellow students in the art class.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity , pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.}}

    Related terms

    * create * creation * creative

    Synonyms

    * (ability to create or invent): creativeness, originality.

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