Imagination vs Inventive - What's the difference?
imagination | inventive |
The image-making power of the mind; the act of creating or reproducing ideally an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=5 Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
Creativity; resourcefulness.
A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining; something imagined.
* 1597 , Francis Bacon, "Of Youth and Age", Essays :
Of, or relating to invention.
Creative, or skilful at inventing.
* 2013 , Chris Bevan, "
As a noun imagination
is imagination (image-making power of the mind).As an adjective inventive is
of, or relating to invention.imagination
English
Noun
(en noun)- Imagination is one of the most advanced human faculties.
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- You think someone's been following you? That's just your imagination .
- His imagination makes him a valuable team member.
- And yet the invention of young men, is more lively than that of old; and imaginations stream into their minds better, and, as it were, more divinely.
Synonyms
* (the representative power) creativity, fancy, imaginativeness, invention, inventivenessExternal links
* (wikipedia "imagination") ----inventive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal", BBC Sport , 6 November 2013:
- At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.