informative vs enlightening

informative and enlightening both are adjectives.

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

As adjectives, informative and enlightening are synonyms defined as:

informative and enlightening: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

Other synonyms of informative include illuminating.

informative (adjective)	enlightening (adjective)
providing or conveying information	tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance	enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
serving to instruct or enlighten or inform