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Inductile vs Inductive - What's the difference?

inductile | inductive |

As adjectives the difference between inductile and inductive

is that inductile is not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal while inductive is (logic) of, or relating to logical induction.

inductile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal.
    • (Webster 1913)

    inductive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (logic) of, or relating to logical induction
  • (physics) of, relating to, or arising from induction or inductance
  • introductory or preparatory
  • influencing; tending to induce or cause
  • * Milton
    • A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • They may be inductive of credibility.

    Derived terms

    * inductive bias * inductive circuit * inductive coupling * inductive dimension * inductive effect * inductive embarrassment * inductive inference * inductive logic programming * inductive output tube * inductive reactance * inductive reasoning * inductive set * inductive statistics * inductive voltage divider