Adept vs Acumen - What's the difference?
adept | acumen |
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
* 1837-1839 ,
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.
* 1841 , , Barnaby Rudge :
* 1894-95 , , Jude the Obscure :
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
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As nouns the difference between adept and acumen
is that adept is one fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy while acumen is quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.As an adjective adept
is well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.adept
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.
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* ineptNoun
(en noun)- When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept , that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.
- Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.
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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 .