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Cooperative vs Interactive - What's the difference?

cooperative | interactive |

As adjectives the difference between cooperative and interactive

is that cooperative is ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate while interactive is acting with each other.

As nouns the difference between cooperative and interactive

is that cooperative is a type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants. Abbreviation: co-op while interactive is a feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.

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

    Noun

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

    interactive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting with each other.
  • Two interactive systems.
  • (computer science) Responding to the user.
  • Interactive user interface

    Derived terms

    * interaction * interactivity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 26, author=Laurel Graeber, title=Spare Times: For Children, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=The show includes computer interactives , animation, models and live parakeets (for an exercise in species identification). }} ----