Informative vs Informal - What's the difference?
informative | informal |
Providing information; especially , providing useful or interesting information.
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
Not formal or ceremonious.
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Suited for everyday use.
(of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
(gardening) Not organized; not structured or planned.
As adjectives the difference between informative and informal
is that informative is providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information while informal is not formal or ceremonious.informative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I read a very informative newspaper article on that subject last week.
Synonyms
* (providing information) informatory, instructiveAntonyms
* (providing information) uninformative * (not specifying requirements) normativeinformal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}