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Conducive vs Conductive - What's the difference?

conducive | conductive |

As adjectives the difference between conducive and conductive

is that conducive is tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result while conductive is able to conduct electrical current or heat.

conducive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to contribute to, encourage, or bring about some result.
    • A small, dark kitchen is not conducive to elaborate cooking.

    Antonyms

    * inconducive * unconducive

    See also

    * conduce

    conductive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to conduct electrical current or heat
    • Distilled water is not electrically conductive .
  • of, or relating to conductivity of a material

    • Synonyms

    * conductant

    Antonyms

    * nonconductive