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Instructed vs Instructive - What's the difference?

instructed | instructive |

As a verb instructed

is (instruct).

As an adjective instructive is

conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

As a noun instructive is

(linguistics) a case in the finnish language it expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

instructed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (instruct)

    • instruct

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) to teach by giving instructions
  • (label) to direct; to order (usage note : "instruct" is less forceful than "order", but weightier than "advise")

    • Synonyms

    * guide

    Related terms

    * instruction * instructor

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) instruction

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) arranged; furnished; provided
  • * Chapman
  • (label) instructed; taught; enlightened
    • (Milton)

    instructive

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • conveying knowledge, information or instruction.
    • Well, that was an instructive lesson.

    Synonyms

    * informative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.