Innovative vs. Pioneering

Innovativeadjective

Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.

Pioneeringadjective

Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.

‘Norway as a polar nation would not have been what it is today without their tireless pioneering efforts. [Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen]’;

Innovativeadjective

Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking.

Pioneeringnoun

The activity of the verb pioneer.

Innovativeadjective

Characterized by, or introducing, innovations.

Pioneeringnoun

A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots.

Innovativeadjective

ahead of the times;

‘the advanced teaching methods’; ‘had advanced views on the subject’; ‘a forward-looking corporation’; ‘is British industry innovative enough?’;

Pioneeringadjective

groundbreaking; originating; - of efforts that begin work in a field or on a topic not previously widely known.

Innovativeadjective

being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before;

‘stylistically innovative works’; ‘innovative members of the artistic community’; ‘a mind so innovational, so original’;

Innovativeadjective

(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original

‘innovative ways to help unemployed people’; ‘innovative designs’;

Innovativeadjective

(of a person) introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking

‘writers who are now viewed as innovative’;