Intellect vs Savvy - What's the difference?
intellect | savvy |
the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)
the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)
a person who has that faculty to a great degree
(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
(informal) to understand
(informal) Do you understand?
Shrewdness
As nouns the difference between intellect and savvy
is that intellect is the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable) while savvy is shrewdness.As an adjective savvy is
(informal) shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.As a verb savvy is
(informal) to understand.As an interjection savvy is
(informal) do you understand?.intellect
English
Noun
- Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
- They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect .
- Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
Synonyms
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* mindsavvy
English
Adjective
(er)- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.