Genius vs Putti - What's the difference?
genius | putti |
(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.
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A representation, in a work of art (especially Renaissance or Baroque), of a small, naked, winged child; a cherub.
*2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 14:
*:The walls have ranks of white marble niches capped by huge marble scallops, and flanked by urns and flowers, drapes and putti .
As nouns the difference between genius and putti
is that 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 while putti is irregular plural of putto.As an adjective genius
is ingenious, very clever, or original.genius
English
(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!
