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Innovative vs Conventional - What's the difference?

innovative | conventional |

As adjectives the difference between innovative and conventional

is that innovative is characterized by the creation of new ideas or things while conventional is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

As a noun conventional is

a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

innovative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by the creation of new ideas or things
  • Forward looking; ahead of current thinking

    • Synonyms

    * innovatory

    conventional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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    • , page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist) , title= Ideas coming down the track , passage=A “moving platform” scheme
  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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  • * 1980 , (Carl Sagan), Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ,
    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.

    • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Related terms

    * convention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.