Creative vs Curious - What's the difference?
creative | curious |
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
(set theory)
(countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
(lb) Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
*1612 , , Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia , in Kupperman 1988, p.172:
*:But departing thence, when we found no houses, we were not curious in any weather, to lie 3 or 4 nights together upon any shore under the trees by a good fire.
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:little curious in her clothes
Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.
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Prompted by curiosity.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.ix:
*:But he to shift their curious request, / Gan causen, why she could not come in place.
Unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
(lb) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
*(Bible), (w) xxxv.32
*:to devise curious works
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:his body couched in a curious bed
As adjectives the difference between creative and curious
is that creative is tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these while curious is fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.As a noun creative
is a person directly involved in a creative marketing process.creative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
- a creative new solution to an old problem
- a creative set
Derived terms
* creative accounting * creative differences * creative writingSynonyms
* inventive * originalAntonyms
* imitative (tend to model an extant thing ) * annihilative (tend to make extinct )Noun
- He is a visionary creative .
- 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.