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Originality vs Inventiveness - What's the difference?

originality | inventiveness | Synonyms |

Originality is a synonym of inventiveness.


As nouns the difference between originality and inventiveness

is that originality is (uncountable) the quality of being original or novel while inventiveness is the quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

originality

English

(wikipedia originality)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
  • (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
    • Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations.
  • (countable) Something original.

    • inventiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

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