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Artist vs Creative - What's the difference?

artist | creative |

As a noun artist

is one who performs extraordinary physical tricks, such as on a trapeze.

As an adjective creative is

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artist

English

Noun

  • A person who creates art.
  • A person who creates art as an occupation.
  • A person who is skilled at some activity.
  • Derived terms

    * artistdom * artistic * artistically * artistry * con artist * escape artist * pickup artist * piss-artist * quick-change artist

    See also

    * animator * artisan * drawer * sculptor

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Artistic.
  • *, vol.1, ch.24:
  • Nature, to shew that nothing is savage in whatsoever she produceth, causeth oftentimes, even in rudest and most unarted nations, productions of spirits to arise, that confront and wrestle with the most artist productions.

    creative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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
  • (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
  • a creative new solution to an old problem
  • (set theory)
  • a creative set

    Derived terms

    * creative accounting * creative differences * creative writing

    Synonyms

    * inventive * original

    Antonyms

    * imitative (tend to model an extant thing ) * annihilative (tend to make extinct )

    Noun

  • (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
  • He is a visionary creative .
  • (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
  • Have you finished the creative for next week's email campaign?
    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.

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