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Formative vs Creant - What's the difference?

formative | creant |

As adjectives the difference between formative and creant

is that formative is of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something while creant is creative; formative.

As a noun formative

is (grammar) a language unit that has morphological function.

formative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
  • My formative years were spent in an inner city.
  • Capable of forming something.
  • (biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
  • (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
  • Derived terms

    * formativeness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A language unit that has morphological function.
  • ----

    creant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • creative; formative
  • (Elizabeth Browning)
    (Webster 1913) ----