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Assertive vs Cooperative - What's the difference?

assertive | cooperative |

As adjectives the difference between assertive and cooperative

is that assertive is boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive while cooperative is ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

As a noun cooperative is

a type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op.

assertive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive

    • Derived terms

    * assertiveness

    cooperative

    English

    Alternative forms

    * co-operative * *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
  • Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives

    • Antonyms

    * adversarial * competitive

    Related terms

    * cooperation * cooperatively

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "cooperative")

    References

    * Chambers 21st Century Dictionary [http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=cooperative&title=21st&sourceid=Mozilla-search] retrieved on November 7, 2006 ----