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Aptitude vs Intelligent - What's the difference?

aptitude | intelligent |

As a noun aptitude

is natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

As an adjective intelligent is

of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.

aptitude

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
  • The condition of being suitable.
  • Synonyms

    * talent * knack * appropriateness, suitability * See also

    intelligent

    English

    Alternative forms

    * entelligent

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=5, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”}}
  • Well thought-out, well considered.
  • Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
  • Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
  • Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * stupid