Ingenuity vs Ideas - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between ingenuity and ideas

is that ingenuity is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways while ideas is .

(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.