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Impactive vs Influential - What's the difference?

impactive | influential |

As adjectives the difference between impactive and influential

is that impactive is of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact while influential is having or exerting influence.

As a noun influential is

a person who has influence.

impactive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, possessing, or caused by impact.
  • * 1880 , W. S. Barnard, "Protoplasmic Dynamics," The American Naturalist , vol. 14, no. 4, p. 237:
  • It is necessary to distinguish all forces sharply into two groups: 1, the attractional'' (gravity, adhesion, cohesion, chemism), and 2, the ''impactive or momentum forces of masses, molecules and atoms.
  • * 1970 , Kent Kirby, "Art, Technology and the Liberal Arts College," Art Journal , vol. 29, no. 3, p. 330:
  • Along with this revolution has come another, quieter and more subtle, but perhaps more impactive and ultimately more dynamic in its potential for change.
  • * 2001 , Elissa Gootman, " An Intricate Bond; New Haven's past and future are so tied to Yale, but it took 300 years for the two to get along," New York Times , 18 Feb.:
  • And in what may prove to be the most impactive development, the university is nurturing the nexus of science and business to create a biotechnology sector that has already brought millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs into town.

    References

    *" impactive" at OneLook® Dictionary Search . * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    influential

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having or exerting influence.
  • John Lennon was a very influential person in music, as well as in politics, fashion and general culture.

    Synonyms

    * swayful

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has influence