Informative vs Instructional - What's the difference?
informative | instructional |
Providing information; especially , providing useful or interesting information.
(in standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information.
Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.
A book, film, etc. intended to instruct.
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As adjectives the difference between informative and instructional
is that informative is providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information while instructional is intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.As a noun instructional is
a book, film, etc. intended to instruct.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) normativeinstructional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The manual might have been instructional had anybody actually taken the time to read it.
Noun
(en noun)citation
