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Impressive vs Affective - What's the difference?

impressive | affective |

As adjectives the difference between impressive and affective

is that impressive is making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene while affective is relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.

impressive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.
  • Capable of being impressed.
  • appealing

    • Antonyms

    * unimpressive

    Derived terms

    * impressiveness

    Related terms

    * impression

    Anagrams

    * permissive

    affective

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
  • Emotional; emotionally charged.

    • Derived terms

    * seasonal affective disorder * schizoaffective

    Related terms

    * affect * affectation * affecter * affection * affectionate

    See also

    * effective * cognitive * motor ----