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Creativity vs Creative - What's the difference?

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Creative is a related term of creativity.

Creativity is a related term of creative.


As nouns the difference between creativity and creative

is that creativity is the quality or ability to create or invent something while creative is (countable) a person directly involved in a creative marketing process.

As a adjective creative is

tending to create things, or having the ability to create.

creativity

English

Noun

  • The quality or ability to create or invent something.
    • His creativity is unsurpassed by his fellow students in the art class.
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    Related terms

    * create * creation * creative

    Synonyms

    * (ability to create or invent): creativeness, originality.

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    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.

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