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Informational vs Normative - What's the difference?

informational | normative |

As adjectives the difference between informational and normative

is that informational is designed to or able to impart information while normative is of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

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

    normative

    English

    (wikipedia normative)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.
  • Conforming to a norm or norms.
    • normative behaviour
  • Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.
    • normative grammar

    Hyponyms

    * prescriptive * proscriptive

    Derived terms

    * normative economics * normative ethics * normative grammar * normatively * normativeness * normative science * normative system * normativist * normativity

    Related terms

    * norm * normal