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Ingenious vs Underhand - What's the difference?

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Ingenious is a related term of underhand.


As adjectives the difference between ingenious and underhand

is that ingenious is displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent while underhand is secret; clandestine.

As an adverb underhand is

with an underhand movement.

ingenious

English

Alternative forms

* engenious

Adjective

(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.

    Usage notes

    Do not confuse with ingenuous.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Related terms

    * engine * engineer * genius * ingeniosity * ingeniousness

    References

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    underhand

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • secret; clandestine
  • (by extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
  • thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • with an underhand movement
  • in a sly, sneaky or secret manner