illuminating vs informative

illuminating and informative both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
illuminating	No	Yes	No	No
informative	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, illuminating and informative are synonyms defined as:

illuminating and informative: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

Other synonyms of illuminating include enlightening.

illuminating (adjective)	informative (adjective)
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance	providing or conveying information
	tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
	serving to instruct or enlighten or inform