The difference between Creativity and Originality

When used as nouns, creativity means the ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product that is useful to society, whereas originality means the quality of being original or novel.


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  1. Creativity as a noun:

    The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product that is useful to society.

    Examples:

    "His creativity is unsurpassed by his fellow students in the art class."

  1. Originality as a noun (uncountable):

    The quality of being original or novel.

  2. Originality as a noun (uncountable):

    The capacity to think independently or be inventive.

  3. Originality as a noun (countable):

    Something original.

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