Radiogenic vs Radioactive - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between radiogenic and radioactive

is that radiogenic is of, pertaining to, or caused by radioactivity while radioactive is exhibiting radioactivity.

(wikipedia radiogenic) (en adjective)

Of, pertaining to, or caused by radioactivity

(rare) Particularly suited to radio broadcasting

*{{quote-book, 1994, Andrew Crisell, Understanding Radio citation

, passage=One comedy series which is highly radiogenic yet in a category all of its own is The Goon Show

*radiogenically *radiogenicity *radiogenic argon *radiogenic isotope *radiogenic lead *radiogenic strontium

(wikipedia radioactive)

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Exhibiting radioactivity.

* nonradioactive * radioactively