Difference between Inventive and Imaginative

INVENTIVE vs IMAGINATIVE: ADJECTIVE

Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.
Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.
Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients.
Of, or relating to invention.
Creative, or skilful at inventing.
(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
Created by, indicative of, or characterized by imagination or creativity.
Having no truth; false.
Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination, generally in the highest sense of the word.
Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
Unreasonably suspicious; jealous.
Having a lively or creative imagination
Tending to be fanciful or inventive
False or imagined
Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.

Of or pertaining to invention; characterized by or manifesting original contrivance.
Able to invent; quick at contriving; ready at expedients.

Synonyms Inventive, creative, poetical. See imaginary.
Inquisitive; suspicious; jealous.
Characterized by or resulting from imagination; exhibiting or indicating the faculty of imagination.
Forming images; endowed with imagination; given to imagining: as, the imaginative faculty; an imaginative person.

Adventurous, Idiosyncratic, Artful, Original, Groundbreaking, Innovation, Invention, Crafty, Resourceful, Innovative, Clever, Originative, Creative, Ingenious, Imaginative

Fancy, Smart, Imaginary, Bold, Crafty, Audacious, Daring, Resourceful, Innovative, Fanciful, Clever, Originative, Ingenious, Creative, Inventive

Adventurous, Idiosyncratic, Artful, Original, Groundbreaking, Innovation, Invention, Crafty, Resourceful, Innovative, Clever, Originative, Creative, Ingenious, Imaginative

Fancy, Smart, Imaginary, Bold, Crafty, Audacious, Daring, Resourceful, Innovative, Fanciful, Clever, Originative, Ingenious, Creative, Inventive

Handpicked, fun, exciting, imaginative, creative, challenging, enjoyable, encouraging!
Their stories illustrate how imaginative humans can be.
It really is the ultimate for imaginative play.
It is therefore time we should quite explicitly turn from religious ideas to religious emotions, from imaginative history and science to imaginative morals.
Imaginative people soon invented a symbolical meaning for the various vestments, and other imaginative people varied the symbolism from time to time.
Imaginative power is most important for Yeats who sees reality through imaginative power and is animated by the symbol.
Many different sets to encourage imaginative and active play collection promises design integrity and hours of imaginative play kids.
For a fleeting moment, a new imaginative construct released David from his old, false imaginative construct.
Students create a range of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts including imaginative retellings, reports, performances, poetry and expositions.
Visualize and hypothesize to imaginative use of materials exploration and imaginative use of multiple approaches to an art imaginative idea.