Instructional vs Explanatory - What's the difference?
instructional | explanatory |
Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching.
A book, film, etc. intended to instruct.
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Intended to serve as an explanation.
(of a person) Disposed to explain.
As adjectives the difference between instructional and explanatory
is that instructional is intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching while explanatory is intended to serve as an explanation.As a noun instructional
is a book, film, etc. intended to instruct.instructional
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The manual might have been instructional had anybody actually taken the time to read it.
Noun
(en noun)citation
Anagrams
*explanatory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Below the diagram is an explanatory text.