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Impressive vs Expressive - What's the difference?

impressive | expressive |

As adjectives the difference between impressive and expressive

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 expressive is effectively conveying thought or feeling.

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

    Anagrams

    * permissive

    expressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
  • Antonyms

    * inexpressive * unexpressive

    Derived terms

    * expressiveness