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Inceptive vs Initiative - What's the difference?

inceptive | initiative |

As an adjective inceptive

is beginning; of or relating to inception.

As a noun initiative is

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inceptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Beginning; of or relating to inception.
  • (grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
  • Few languages have an inceptive' aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The ' inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".

    initiative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beginning; a first move.
  • A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
  • The ability to act first or on one's own.
  • An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
  • Synonyms

    * (issue to be voted on) direct initiative

    Derived terms

    * direct initiative

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
  • In which voter s can be brought to the ballot.
  • * John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions , , ISBN 9780230604452, page 122 [http://books.google.com/books?id=J6swcucKdNIC&pg=PA122&dq=initiative]:
  • The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.

    Antonyms

    * noninitiative