Ingenious vs Ardent - What's the difference?
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Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.
Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 43
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Burning; glowing; shining.
As adjectives the difference between ingenious and ardent
is that ingenious is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent while ardent is full of ardor; fervent, passionate.ingenious
English
Alternative forms
* engeniousAdjective
(en adjective)- This fellow is ingenious ; he fixed a problem I didn't even know I had.
- That is an ingenious model of the atom.
- He sent me an ingenious reply for an email.
Usage notes
Do not confuse with ingenuous.Synonyms
* See also * See alsoReferences
* *ardent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
citation, passage=I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.}}