The difference between Educative and Instructive

When used as adjectives, educative means serving to educate, whereas instructive means conveying knowledge, information or instruction.


Instructive is also noun with the meaning: a case in the finnish language. it expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

check bellow for the other definitions of Educative and Instructive

  1. Educative as an adjective:

    Serving to educate; educational.

  1. Instructive as an adjective:

    Conveying knowledge, information or instruction.

    Examples:

    "Well, that was an instructive lesson."

  1. Instructive as a noun (linguistics):

    A case in the Finnish language. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

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