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Creative vs Creation - What's the difference?

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Creation is a related term of creative.



In countable terms the difference between creative and creation

is that creative is a person directly involved in a creative marketing process while creation is something created such as an invention or artwork.

In uncountable terms the difference between creative and creation

is that creative is artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video while creation is all which exists.

As an adjective creative

is tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

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

    Related terms

    * creationism * creationist * creatively * creativeness * creativity

    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.

    Anagrams

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    creation

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
    • I think the manufacturer was so ashamed of its creation that it didn't put its name on it!
  • (uncountable) The act of creating something.
    • The restructure resulted in the creation of a number of shared services.
  • (uncountable) All which exists.
    • Let us pray to Christ, the King of all creation .

    Derived terms

    * cocreation, co-creation

    Related terms

    * creatability * creatable * creatableness * creational * creationally * creationarily * creationary * creationism * creationist * creationistic * creationistically * creation science * creative * creatively * creativeness * creativity * create * Creator, creator * creatorship * creatress * creatrix * creatural * creaturally * creature * creature comforts * creaturely * creatureliness

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -tion