Ingenious vs Poignant - 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.
(obsolete, of a weapon etc) Sharp-pointed; keen.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , VII:
Incisive; penetrating.
neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
(figuratively, of a taste or smell) Piquant, pungent.
Piercing.
(dated, mostly British) Inducing sharp physical pain.
Ingenious is a related term of poignant.
As adjectives the difference between ingenious and poignant
is that ingenious is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent while poignant is (obsolete|of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen.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
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* *poignant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].
- His comments were poignant and witty.
- A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
- Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.