Ingenuity vs Creative - What's the difference?
ingenuity | creative |
The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.
*, II.17:
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
(of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.
(set theory)
(countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.
(uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
As nouns the difference between ingenuity and creative
is that ingenuity is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways while creative is a person directly involved in a creative marketing process.As an adjective creative is
tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.ingenuity
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
- Poverty is the mother of ingenuity .
- Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
- And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie , and ever to speake truth and what I think.
See also
* industriousnesscreative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
- a creative new solution to an old problem
- a creative set
Derived terms
* creative accounting * creative differences * creative writingSynonyms
* inventive * originalAntonyms
* imitative (tend to model an extant thing ) * annihilative (tend to make extinct )Noun
- He is a visionary creative .
- Have you finished the creative for next week's email campaign?
- The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.
- I've included in my portfolio all the creative I've completed in my five year design career.