Formative vs Impressionable - What's the difference?
formative | impressionable | Synonyms |
Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
Capable of forming something.
(biology) Capable of producing new tissue.
(grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
An impressionable person.
* 1942 , Frank Gervasi, War Has Seven Faces
Formative is a synonym of impressionable.
As adjectives the difference between formative and impressionable
is that formative is of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something while impressionable is being easily influenced (especially of young people).As nouns the difference between formative and impressionable
is that formative is (grammar) a language unit that has morphological function while impressionable is an impressionable person.formative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- My formative years were spent in an inner city.
Derived terms
* formativenessimpressionable
English
Noun
(en noun)- They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.