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Imaginative vs Innovative - What's the difference?

imaginative | innovative |

As adjectives the difference between imaginative and innovative

is that imaginative is having a lively or creative imagination while innovative is characterized by the creation of new ideas or things.

imaginative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a lively or creative imagination
  • tending to be fanciful or inventive
  • false or imagined

    • innovative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
  • Forward looking; ahead of current thinking

    • Synonyms

    * innovatory