Genius vs Brain - What's the difference?
genius | brain |
(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.
The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
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, title= (informal) An intelligent person.
(UK, plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
(in the plural) Intellect.
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By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
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*:But you really ain't got no proof
To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
(slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
(figurative) To destroy; to put an end to.
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To conceive in the mind; to understand.
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As nouns the difference between genius and brain
is that genius is genius (extraordinary mental capacity) while brain is the control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.As a verb brain is
to dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.genius
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(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!
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Noun
(wikipedia brain) (en noun)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
- "We provided a lot of brains and a lot of heart to the response when it was needed," says Sandra Sanchez, director of AFSC's Immigrants' Voice Program in Des Moines.
Synonyms
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* beat someone's brains out * brainbox * brain bucket * brain candy * braincase * brain cell * brainchild * brain coral * brain cramp * brain damage * brain dead * brain death * brain disease * brain disorder * brain doctor * brain drain * brain fag * brain farm * brain fever * brain fingerprinting * brain food * brain freeze * brainiac * brainish * brainless * brain mushroom * brainpan * brainpower * brain science * brainsick * brain stem / brainstem * brainstorm * brain sugar * brain surgeon * brain surgery * brain-teaser * brain truster * brain tumor / brain tumour * brainwash * brainwave * brainworker * brainy * forebrain * left brain * microbrain * no-brainer * on the brain * organic brain syndrome * pick someone's brain * rack one's brain or rack one's brains * right brain * split brain * water on the brain * yellow brain fungusSee also
*Verb
(en verb)- There thou mayst brain him.
- It was the swift celerity of the death That brained my purpose.
- 'Tis still a dream, or else such stuff as madmen / Tongue, and brain not.