different between creativity vs novelty

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

From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lti/
• Hyphenation: nov?el?ty

Noun

novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)

1. The state of being new or novel; newness.
2. A new product; an innovation.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.

3. A small mass-produced trinket.
4. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

Derived terms

• novelty song
• novelty theory

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