Proactive vs Adaptive - What's the difference?
proactive | adaptive |
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
* The Word Detective, Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.
* {{quote-book, author=Charles Darwin, title=, year=1859
, passage=The real affinities of all organic beings, in contradistinction to their adaptive resemblances, are due to inheritance or community of descent.}}
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, passage=That variation of germinal origin is a fact in organic nature is admitted on all hands, and that some variations are adaptive is also unquestioned.}}
Capable of being adapted or of adapting; susceptible of or undergoing accordant change.
(psychology) Of a trait: that helps an individual to function well in society.
As adjectives the difference between proactive and adaptive
is that proactive is acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty while adaptive is of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.proactive
English
(wikipedia proactive)Adjective
(en adjective)- We can deal with each problem as it pops up, or we can take a proactive stance and try to prevent future problems.
Usage notes
Some consider proactive to be a buzzword, and it is associated with business-speak.The good grammar guide, by Richard Palmer, 2003,p. 157Depending on use, alternatives include active, or “show initiative” instead of “be proactive ”.
Synonyms
* anticipatory * forward-lookingAntonyms
* reactiveDerived terms
* proactively * proactivity * proactivenessReferences
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