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Acumen vs Vacuity - What's the difference?

acumen | vacuity |

As nouns the difference between acumen and vacuity

is that acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination while vacuity is emptiness.

acumen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • *
    • 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.
  • * 1991 ,
    • 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, canniness

    vacuity

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (vacuities)
  • Emptiness.
  • * , II.12:
    • The meanes I use to suppresse this frenzy, and which seemeth the fittest for my purpose, is to crush, and trample this humane pride and fiercenesse under foot, to make them feele the emptinesse, vacuitie , and no worth of man.
  • * 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiry concerning Human Understanding , III.13:
    • to find so sensible a breach or vacuity in the course of the passions, by means of this breach in the connexion of ideas.
  • Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.
  • Idleness.
  • An empty or inane remark or thing.

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    * ("vacuity" on Wikipedia)