Resourceful vs Adaptive - What's the difference?
resourceful | adaptive |
Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.
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.}}
* {{quote-book, author=C. Lloyd Morgan, title=, year=1896
, 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 resourceful and adaptive
is that resourceful is capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently while adaptive is of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.resourceful
English
Adjective
(head)- With a resourceful use of space and a fresh coat of paint, the room became a pleasant library with a comfortable seating area.