Difference between Retroactive and Retrospective

What is the difference between Retroactive and Retrospective?

Retroactive as an adjective is extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions while Retrospective as an adjective is of, relating to, or contemplating the past

Retroactive

Part of speech: adjective

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

Retrospective

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, relating to, or contemplating the pastlooking backwardsaffecting or influencing past things; retroactive

Example sentence: It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

We hope you now know whether to use Retroactive or Retrospective in your sentence.

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