Interactive vs. Interaction

Interactiveadjective

Acting with each other.

Interactiveadjective

(computer science) Responding to the user.

Interactivenoun

A feature (as in a museum) that can be interacted with.

Interactiveadjective

used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more)

Interactiveadjective

capable of acting on or influencing each other

Interactionnoun

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

Interactionnoun

A conversation or exchange between people.

Interactionnoun

Intermediate action.

Interactionnoun

Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.

Interactionnoun

The effect, such as exertion of a force, that one object exerts on another, especially the capture or emission of a particle.

Interactionnoun

Communication between people, or the actions of people that affect others.

Interactionnoun

a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting

Interactionnoun

(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons

Interaction

Interaction is a kind of action that occurs as two or more objects have an effect upon one another. The idea of a two-way effect is essential in the concept of interaction, as opposed to a one-way causal effect.