Creativity and Skill

Creativity

Creativity noun - The skill and imagination to create new things.

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Skill and creativity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Skill" instead a noun "Creativity".

Skill noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.

Usage example: with unbelievable skill, the expert in origami transformed a few sheets of paper into a menagerie of exotic animals

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Creativity and skill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Creativity" instead a noun "Skill".

Nearby Words: skilled, skillfully, skilful, skilly

individual	individual creativity	individual skill
good	good creativity	good skill
high	high creativity	high skill
particular	particular creativity	particular skill
Other adjectives: certain, free, sufficient, sheer, raw, actual, real, extreme, great, superior, little, unique, incredible, mundane, less, amazing, greater, available, tactical.

Also with the magic show example given above, discovering how much skill and creativity goes into creating film and literature can make the dissection part of the joy of the work.

Source: Measuring the Marigolds
Video Game Cruelty Potential: The first few levels of Rocket War have long timers and low point requirements, effectively making them last-man-standing deathmatches requiring little skill or creativity.

Source: Video Game / Rocket Jockey
Boxing Lessons for Superman: The diving equipment never changes, but the skill and creativity of the characters continually pushes the boundaries of what they can do with it.

Source: Manga / IO

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