different between creativity vs creative

English

Etymology

creative +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?ie??t?v?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?ie??t?v?ti/, /-?i/
• Hyphenation: cre?at?iv?ity

Noun

creativity (countable and uncountable, plural creativities)

1. The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.

Synonyms

• (ability to create or invent): creativeness, originality.

Related terms

• create
• creatify
• creation
• creative
• creatively
• creativeness
• creativize

Translations

See also

• genius, often associated with creativity.

Further reading

• creativity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• reactivity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?i?e?t?v/
• Rhymes: -e?t?v

Adjective

creative (comparative more creative, superlative most creative)

1. Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

2. (of a created thing) Original, expressive and imaginative.

3. (set theory) A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.

4. Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.

   creative accounting

Synonyms

• inventive
• original

Antonyms

• imitative (tend to model an extant thing)
• annihilative (tend to make extinct)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

creative (countable and uncountable, plural creatives)

2. (countable) A person directly involved in a creative marketing process.

3. (uncountable) Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.

Translations

References

• creative at OneLook Dictionary Search
• creative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "creative" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 82.
• creative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• reactive

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

creative

1. feminine plural of creativo

Anagrams

• createvi
• recatevi