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Brilliance vs Shrewdness - What's the difference?

brilliance | shrewdness | Synonyms |

Brilliance is a synonym of shrewdness.


As nouns the difference between brilliance and shrewdness

is that brilliance is the quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light) while shrewdness is the quality of being shrewd.

brilliance

English

(wikipedia 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

    Related terms

    * brilliant * brilliantly * brilliantness

    shrewdness

    English

    Noun

    (shrewdnesses)
  • The quality of being shrewd.
  • An invented collective name for a group of apes.