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Aptness vs Ingenuity - What's the difference?

aptness | ingenuity | Related terms |

Aptness is a related term of ingenuity.


As nouns the difference between aptness and ingenuity

is that aptness is suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable while ingenuity is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

aptness

English

Noun

(es)
  • suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
  • disposition of the mind; propensity
  • quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility
  • proneness; tendency

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    ingenuity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
    • The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
    Poverty is the mother of ingenuity .
    Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
  • Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.
  • *, II.17:
    • And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie , and ever to speake truth and what I think.

    Related terms

    * ingenious * ingenuous

    See also

    * industriousness