different between practive vs proactive
practive
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
practive (comparative more practive, superlative most practive)
- (obsolete) Doing; active.
- 1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes
- You take your Prisiner for a practive man
- 1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes
Derived terms
- practively
Related terms
- practice
- praxis
practive From the web:
- what practice does this photograph show
- what practice reinforced that perception
- what practice did this ruling uphold
- what practice is useful for destroying viruses
- what practice was typical of robert frost
- what practice ensures significant events
- what practice emerged in the early 1950s
- what practice is useful for preventing norovirus
proactive
English
Etymology
pro- +? active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psychology paper, used in technical sense. Used in a popular context and sense (courage, perseverance) in 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning by neuropsychiatrist Viktor Emil Frankl, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with reactive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p????ækt?v/
- Rhymes: -ækt?v
Adjective
proactive (comparative more proactive, superlative most proactive)
- Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
Usage notes
Some consider proactive to be a buzzword, and it is associated with business-speak.
Depending on use, alternatives include active, preemptive, or “show initiative” instead of “be proactive”.
Synonyms
- anticipatory
- forward-looking
Antonyms
- reactive
Derived terms
- proactively
- proactivity
- proaction
- proactiveness
Related terms
- preactive
- proact
- proactor
Translations
References
- The Word Detective, Issue of February 5, 2001
French
Adjective
proactive
- feminine singular of proactif
proactive From the web:
- what proactive means
- what proactive interference
- what proactive actions can leadership
- what proactive product is best for acne
- what proactive should i get
- what is meant by proactive
you may also like
- practive vs proactive
- protective vs proactive
- protest vs proactivestance
- industrious vs proactive
- diligence vs proactive
- proactive vs taxonomy
- proactively vs taxonomy
- preemtive vs proactive
- preemptive vs proactive
- passive vs proactive
- practitioner vs practice
- practitioner vs practicioner
- practitioner vs practicer
- practitioner vs practician
- sulky vs carriage
- sulky vs glout
- sulky vs glouting
- buggy vs sulky
- sulky vs grumpy
- sulky vs taxonomy