Genius vs Ignorant - What's the difference?
genius | ignorant |
(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.
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
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(slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
(obsolete) unknown; undiscovered
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Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
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As nouns the difference between genius and ignorant
is that genius is genius (extraordinary mental capacity) while ignorant is ignorant person, ignoramus.genius
English
(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!
Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
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* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----ignorant
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Alternative forms
* ignoraunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)- He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides.
- Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame.
- His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant .
- ignorant concealment
- Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?
- His shipping, / Poor ignorant baubles! — on our terrible seas, / Like eggshells moved.