What's the difference between creative and initiative?

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.

Initiative


Definition:

  • (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
  • (n.) An introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins.
  • (n.) The right or power to introduce a new measure or course of action, as in legislation; as, the initiative in respect to revenue bills is in the House of Representatives.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
  • (2) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
  • (3) Apparently, the irradiation with visible light of a low intensity creates an additional proton gradient and thus stimulates a new replication and division cycle in the population of cells whose membranes do not have delta pH necessary for the initiation of these processes.
  • (4) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
  • (5) Needle acupuncture did, however, increase the pain threshold compared with the initial value (alpha = 0.1%).
  • (6) Sixteen patients in whom schizophrenia was initially diagnosed and who were treated with fluphenazine enanthate or decanoate developed severe depression for a short period after the injection.
  • (7) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
  • (8) Errors in the initial direction of response were fewer in binocular viewing in comparison with monocular viewing.
  • (9) The results also indicate that small lesions initially noted only on CT scans of the chest in children with Wilms' tumor frequently represent metastatic tumor.
  • (10) An initial complex-soma inflection was observed on the rising phase of the action potential of some cells.
  • (11) In the past 6 years 26 patients underwent operation for recurrent duodenal ulcer after what was considered to be an "adequate" initial operation.
  • (12) Plain radiographs should be the initial screening modality for a suspected foreign body.
  • (13) In the 153 women to whom iron supplements were given during pregnancy, the initial fall in haemoglobin concentration was less, was arrested by 28 weeks gestation and then rose to a level equivalent to the booking level.
  • (14) The degree of increase in Meth responsiveness elicited by the initial provocation is a major factor in determining the airway response to a subsequent HS challenge.
  • (15) At low concentrations of TFIC there is a more or less direct relationship between the amount of the factor and the number of initiated complexes formed.
  • (16) During the 1st h after induction of the sporulation process, the rate of protein synthesis increased to two times the initial value.
  • (17) Benefits increase with an individual's initial cholesterol level and decrease with the age at which an intervention is initiated.
  • (18) Charge data from the target hospital showed a statistically significant reduction in laboratory charges per patient in the quarter following program initiation (P = 0.02) and no evidence for change in a group of five comparison hospitals.
  • (19) The most pronounced changes occurred during the initial hours of nutrient and energy deprivation.
  • (20) Damage to this innervation is often initiated by childbirth, but appears to progress during a period of many years so that the functional disorder usually presents in middle life.