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Erudition vs Belles-lettres - What's the difference?

erudition | belles-lettres | Related terms |

Erudition is a related term of belles-lettres.


As nouns the difference between erudition and belles-lettres

is that erudition is erudition while belles-lettres is literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content.

erudition

English

(wikipedia erudition)

Noun

(-)
  • Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.

    • Synonyms

    * (profound knowledge) knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism

    Related terms

    * erudite

    External links

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    belles-lettres

    English

    Alternative forms

    * belles lettres

    Noun

    (wikipedia belles-lettres)
  • literary works valued more for their aesthetic qualities than for any informative or educational content

    • Related terms

    * belletristic