Shrewdness vs Genius - What's the difference?
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The quality of being shrewd.
An invented collective name for a group of apes.
(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.
Shrewdness is a related term of genius.
As nouns the difference between shrewdness and genius
is that shrewdness is the quality of being shrewd while genius is genius (extraordinary mental capacity).shrewdness
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(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!