Proactive vs. Retroactive

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

Retroactiveadjective

Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions

Retroactiveadjective

Fitted or designed to retroact; operating by returned action; affecting what is past; retrospective.

Retroactiveadjective

descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously

Retroactiveadjective

affecting things past;