Polymath vs Genius - What's the difference?
polymath | genius |
A person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge.
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(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 polymath and genius
is that polymath is a person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge 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.polymath
English
(wikipedia polymath)Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Noun
(en noun)- To be thought and held Polumathes and Polihistors.
Synonyms
* polyhistor * renaissance manAntonyms
* monomathCoordinate terms
* factotum, handyman, jack of all trades, sciolistReferences
* “polymath, n. (a.)'']” listed in the '' [2nd ed., 1989 * “
polymath, n. ''and'' adj.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [3rd ed., September 2006
genius
English
(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!