Inventive vs Initiative - What's the difference?
inventive | initiative |
Of, or relating to invention.
Creative, or skilful at inventing.
* 2013 , Chris Bevan, "
A beginning; a first move.
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
The ability to act first or on one's own.
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
In which voter s can be brought to the ballot.
* John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions , , ISBN 9780230604452, page 122 [http://books.google.com/books?id=J6swcucKdNIC&pg=PA122&dq=initiative]:
As adjectives the difference between inventive and initiative
is that inventive is of, or relating to invention while initiative is serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.As a noun initiative is
a beginning; a first move.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.
initiative
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(en noun)Synonyms
* (issue to be voted on) direct initiativeDerived terms
* direct initiativeAdjective
(-)- The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.