Acumen vs Incisive - What's the difference?
acumen | incisive |
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
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Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
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Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
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* Mrs. Browning
(anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.
As a noun acumen
is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.As an adjective incisive is
quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.acumen
English
Noun
(en noun)- No, no, my dear Watson! With all respect for your natural acumen , I do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy doctor.
- Hannibal Lecter: Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling? Enthrall me with your acumen .
Synonyms
* sharpness, penetration, keenness, shrewdness, acuteness, acuity, wit, foxiness, intelligence, canninessincisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive .}}
- An incisive , high voice.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.