Inventive vs Artful - What's the difference?
inventive | artful | Related terms |
Of, or relating to invention.
Creative, or skilful at inventing.
* 2013 , Chris Bevan, "
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Artificial; imitative.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
*{{quote-news, year=2012
, date=June 29
, author=Kevin Mitchell
, title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau
, work=the Guardian
Inventive is a related term of artful.
As adjectives the difference between inventive and artful
is that inventive is of, or relating to invention while artful is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.inventive
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Adjective
(en adjective)Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal", BBC Sport , 6 November 2013:
- At the other end, Dortmund were producing some typically inventive approach play but struggled to find a way through the visitors' defence, and were unable to find a finish when they did.
artful
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight. }}
