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Brilliance vs Acuity - What's the difference?

brilliance | acuity | Synonyms |

Brilliance is a synonym of acuity.


As nouns the difference between brilliance and acuity

is that brilliance is the quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light) while acuity is sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

brilliance

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
  • The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
  • Magnificence; resplendence.
  • Derived terms

    * brilliancy

    acuity

    English

    Noun

    (acuities)
  • Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.