Please help! what's the difference between proactive and active?

Question

what's the difference between proactive and active?

any help is appreciated,thanks

Answer 1

A proactive person takes the initiative & decides on a course of action for the future before something has occurred.

The reactive person waits for something to happen, then they respond, after something has occurred.

Answer 2

Proactive is doing something before it needs to be done.  Its being prepared to do something.  Say preparing an emergency kit because you think someday you might need it.  Whereas with active, that's more of a reference to something current.  As in you are currently active on the internet, or you are actively job seeking.  You are responding to the moment not anticipating the future like with proactive.

Answer 3

You know what "active" means.  "Proactive" means anticipating a situation that' likely to occur and dealing with it in advance.