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Perceptive vs Imaginative - What's the difference?

perceptive | imaginative |

As adjectives the difference between perceptive and imaginative

is that perceptive is having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition while imaginative is having a lively or creative imagination.

perceptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition
    • He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.

    Related terms

    * perceive * perception * perceptivity * perceptively

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    imaginative

    English

    Adjective

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