Origin: Latin suffix -al
Educational has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
A free (or low cost) trip for travel consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service. A fam trip
"The agency sent me on an educational tour to Hawaii so I could experience firsthand the new resorts they are planning to promote next season."
In plain English: An educational is something that teaches you new things or helps you learn.
"The new educational was very helpful for parents trying to understand their children's needs."
Usage: Use the term "educational" only when referring to something that imparts knowledge or instruction; do not use it as a noun to describe a sponsored travel event, which is correctly called a fam trip. Instead, refer to such a trip as an educational opportunity if you wish to highlight its instructional value for consultants.
Of, or relating to education.
"The museum offered an educational tour that explained the history of ancient civilizations in detail."
In plain English: Something is educational if it helps you learn new things or gain useful knowledge.
"The documentary was very educational because it taught me a lot about marine biology."
Usage: Use educational to describe something that teaches new information or helps someone learn, such as an informative book or lesson. Avoid using it merely to mean "academic" or related to schools when the primary goal is instruction rather than formal schooling.
The word educational comes from combining education with the suffix -al to form an adjective describing things related to learning. It entered English as a straightforward modification of the existing noun education rather than through a foreign loanword.