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Intelligent vs Interesting - What's the difference?

intelligent | interesting |

As adjectives the difference between intelligent and interesting

is that intelligent is of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright while interesting is arousing]] or holding the attention or [[interest#noun|interest of someone.

As a verb interesting is

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intelligent

English

Alternative forms

* entelligent

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=5, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”}}
  • Well thought-out, well considered.
  • Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
  • Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
  • Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * stupid

    interesting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arousing]] or holding the attention or [[interest#Noun, interest of someone.
  • Synonyms

    * absorbing

    Antonyms

    * uninteresting * boring

    Derived terms

    * interestingness * interesting condition

    Verb

    (head)