What is the difference between a generative and a discriminative algorithm?

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What is the difference between a generative and a discriminative algorithm?

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My two cents: Discriminative approaches highlight differences Generative approaches do not focus on differences; they try to build a model that is representative of the class. There is an overlap between the two. Ideally both approaches should be used: one will be useful to find similarities and the other will be useful to find dis-similarities.