What's the difference between clever and creative?

Clever


Definition:

  • (a.) Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.
  • (a.) Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
  • (a.) Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
  • (a.) Well-shaped; handsome.
  • (a.) Good-natured; obliging.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With such improvements, and possibly even with more clever use of therapy that already is available, wider and more complex use of liver transplantation will be possible.
  • (2) Lovely chip behind the defense on Green's goal, and almost sprung the defense with a clever free kick to play in Dempsey with time running out.
  • (3) The name suggests it is a clever but funny channel that it's OK to like.
  • (4) Rather, the two participated in a clever spoof of the show’s overly serious and die-hard tone.
  • (5) That’s plain wrong, has been for decades, and a clever chap like Nelson should know it.
  • (6) A clever political strategy would be to exploit these tensions.
  • (7) James Cleverly, MP for Braintree, who supported Johnson’s aborted leadership bid before backing May, said joking about him risked undermining the foreign secretary.
  • (8) But she describes Manafort as a “clever hire” by Trump.
  • (9) The destruction of climate science expertise in Australia’s premier research organisation is not clever, innovative, or agile.
  • (10) There they are, drinking again.’” Harper is a loner – a suburban boy who went trainspotting with his dad; whose asthma stopped him playing ice hockey That scorn appears to have interrupted the clever student’s journey to the top of the class.
  • (11) It then sought to change the story with those clever, but frankly odd,, half-poetic public apologies.
  • (12) Fulham were helped by United being forced into a trio of substitutions at the interval, as Rafael succumbed to a twisted ankle, Cleverly had double vision and Evans had back trouble.
  • (13) Long Word... Long Word... Blah Blah Blah... I’m So Clever is at the Pleasance Courtyard, to 30 August JOE LYCETT Facebook Twitter Pinterest Joe Lycett.
  • (14) She is fantastically clever and when she's on about ideas she is astonishing.
  • (15) He strikes me more as a clever man - oh, very clever - than a necessarily charming man; for there's a distance, an aloofness.
  • (16) He is an innately optimistic character as well as a clever one, and a man who needs to persuade his party not to despair.
  • (17) It may be hard to tell in the latest show from the outrageously talented Meow Meow, a woman whose divinely sung and cleverly structured shows often give the impression of organised chaos.
  • (18) The PPP was one of those oh-so-clever schemes devised by government supposedly to attract private sector investment for infrastructure and avoiding such schemes ending up on the government's balance sheet.
  • (19) As I wrote then: "This clever, comprehensive-educated granddaughter of a miner served in government for more than a decade but retained the ability to speak human – a rare quality among New Labour politicians."
  • (20) That left her accelerating towards Karen Bardsley but, reacting well to the danger, Bardsley raced off her line, cleverly narrowing the angle.

Creative


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (2) The evidence suggests that by the age of 15 years many adolescents show a reliable level of competence in metacognitive understanding of decision-making, creative problem-solving, correctness of choice, and commitment to a course of action.
  • (3) That is what needs to happen for this company, which started out as a rebellious presence in the business, determined to get credit for its creative visionaries.
  • (4) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
  • (5) Creative phosphokinase and non-specific dehydrogenase methods gave the best results but became positive only 5-6 hr after infarction.
  • (6) A theory of action is presented which illustrates that certain forms of action are ones from which learning is not possible, but when the form of action is experiential or creative, then learning from it follows--as a result of both monitoring and reflecting.
  • (7) The ceremony is the much-anticipated shop window for the Games, and Boyle was brought in to provide the creative vision.
  • (8) Similarities are pointed out between tasks used for the purpose of operationally defining the schizophrenic 'deficit' and tasks used to define creativity.
  • (9) It said: “We will be seeking to inform and encourage dialogue about Israel and the Palestinians in the wider cultural and creative community.
  • (10) Advocates would point to the influence Giggs maintains in the United midfield – developing a more creative game from a central role to compensate for the loss of his once blistering pace.
  • (11) For creativity to flourish, schools have to feel free to innovate without the constant fear of being penalised for not keeping with the programme.
  • (12) Soon after the takeover, PFD creative director Sue Douglas, the former Sunday Express editor, left amid reports that the company wasn't big enough for "two alpha females in Chanel".
  • (13) Thus, local knowledge and creativity can be utilized.
  • (14) And on those occasions where I'm in the mood to take the wine pairing very seriously it's the vegetable dishes that require the most creative thought.
  • (15) It is the alumni of great research universities that drive economic growth through the opportunity to use their expertise and creativity in businesses, in particular by solving problems and developing new products for demanding customers.
  • (16) That said, Turin’s creative scene is quite underground, so you have to seek out the best work.
  • (17) In the WikiLeaks cables, the US ambassador in Berlin characterised the chancellor as "risk-averse and seldom creative".
  • (18) A successful economy and a healthy, creative, open and vibrant democratic society depend on a flourishing creative sector,” Corbyn said.
  • (19) Internal chaos is highly productive for a creative person.
  • (20) This creativity frequently emerges from an aesthetic, poetic sense of freedom derived from work, an uninhibited playful activity of exploring a medium for its own sake.