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Informational vs Decisional - What's the difference?

informational | decisional |

As adjectives the difference between informational and decisional

is that informational is designed to or able to impart information while decisional is of or pertaining to decisions.

informational

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Designed to or able to impart information.
    • The subway map was quite informational , allowing us to determine the most efficient route to our destination.

    Related terms

    * informative

    decisional

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to decisions.
  • * 1972 , J. A. Alutto and J. A. Belasco, "A Typology for Participation in Organizational Decision Making," Administrative Science Quarterly , vol. 17, no. 1, p. 119,
    • Subjects characterized as having achieved decisional' equilibrium were well distributed throughout the range of ' decisional situations, although none of these individuals participated in more than nine different decisions.
  • Having the power or authority to make decisions.
  • * 1980', P. L. Strauss, "Disqualifications of '''Decisional Officials in Rulemaking," ''Columbia Law Review , vol. 80, no. 5, p. 1050,
    • The procedures should also make plain that a decisional official, whether or not challenged, may voluntarily abstain from participating in a particular proceeding.