Ingenious vs Originality - What's the difference?
ingenious | originality |
Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.
(uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
(uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
(countable) Something original.
As an adjective ingenious
is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.As a noun originality is
(uncountable) the quality of being original or novel.ingenious
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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
* *originality
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(wikipedia originality)Noun
- Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations.