imaginary vs imaginative
Definitions
adjective
- not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
noun
- (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1
Examples
The abuse of libel laws is not imaginary.
The abuse of libel laws is not imaginary.
Gob Woodhull, an imaginary son of the real 19th-century feminist, spiritualist and free-love advocate Victoria Woodhull, loses his twin brother in the Civil War and builds a vast and elaborate machine whose purpose is to "grieve" so efficiently that it will bring all of history's dead back to life.
Definitions
adjective
- (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
Examples
But the avant-garde has found support for its imaginative approach from such sciences as biology.
My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
Most are created by winemakers taught the same unimaginative standards of flavor, quality, and technique at enology schools the world over.
