Creativity vs. Originality

Creativitynoun

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

Creativitynoun

the ability to create

Creativitynoun

the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness

Creativity

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something somehow new and somehow valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible (such as an idea, a scientific theory, a musical composition, or a joke) or a physical object (such as an invention, a printed literary work, or a painting).

Originalitynoun

(uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.

Originalitynoun

(uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.

Originalitynoun

(countable) Something original.

Originalitynoun

The quality or state of being original.

Originalitynoun

Ability to create new and original ideas, works of art, theories, etc.; ability to express oneself in an original manner; creativity; - of people.

Originalitynoun

the ability to think and act independently

Originalitynoun

the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else)

Originality

Originality is the aspect of created or invented works as being new or novel, and thus reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative works. An original work is one not received from others nor one copied from or based upon the work of others.