Ingenuity vs Written - What's the difference?
ingenuity | written |
The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.
Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness.
*, II.17:
Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
That was written.
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As a noun ingenuity
is the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways.As an adjective written is
of, relating or characteristic of writing (ie, of that which has been written).As a verb written is
.ingenuity
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
- Poverty is the mother of ingenuity .
- Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.
- And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie , and ever to speake truth and what I think.
See also
* industriousnesswritten
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
Derived terms
* unwritten, writtenness, unwrittennessQuotations
* * * * * * *Antonyms
* oral * verbalDerived terms
* hand-writtenVerb
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