Dunce vs Genius - What's the difference?
dunce | genius |
One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
(informal) ingenious, very clever, or original.
(eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
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Extraordinary mental capacity.
Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
(Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person.
A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.
As nouns the difference between dunce and genius
is that dunce is one backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt while genius is someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.As an adjective genius is
ingenious, very clever, or original.dunce
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genius
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(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!