Preventive vs. Proactive

Preventiveadjective

Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.

Preventiveadjective

Carried out to deter military aggression.

Preventiveadjective

Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.

Preventiveadjective

(obsolete) Going before; preceding.

Preventivenoun

(dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.

Preventivenoun

(nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.

Preventivenoun

A contraceptive, especially a condom.

Preventiveadjective

Going before; preceding.

Preventiveadjective

Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.

Preventivenoun

That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

Preventivenoun

remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease;

Preventivenoun

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

Preventivenoun

an agent or device intended to prevent conception

Preventiveadjective

preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;

Preventiveadjective

tending to prevent or hinder

Preventiveadjective

tending to ward off;

Preventiveadjective

designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring

Preventivenoun

a medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health

Proactiveadjective

Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

Proactiveadjective

descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently;

Proactiveadjective

(of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens

Proactiveadjective

(of a person or action) creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened