Ingenious vs Ingenuity - What's the difference?

Ingenuity is a related term of ingenious.

is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

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(en adjective)

Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.

This fellow is ingenious ; he fixed a problem I didn't even know I had.

Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.

That is an ingenious model of the atom.

Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

He sent me an ingenious reply for an email.

Do not confuse with ingenuous.

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(en-noun)

The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.

The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.

Poverty is the mother of ingenuity .

Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.

Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.

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And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie , and ever to speake truth and what I think.